I was always the type of person, and still am the type of person, that I cannot be creative and use substances. So from a very early age I knew that if I wanted to make music, successfully, in any capacity, I was going to have to get sober.

You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

Gay rights are human rights, there is no separation.

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over

My relationship with God is as strong as the time and energy I put into connecting with God.

I'd always thought that if I could get sober and stay sober, I would be able to have a career making music. My drug and alcohol addiction was the one thing holding me back. I had finally gotten the tools to stay sober, and it was just a matter of writing the songs.

Live tonight, cuz you can't take it with ya.