I suppose I view my behavior in such a unique way. I frame it as an artist and maybe kind of make excuses for it. I suppose I romanticize my own life when I write. I always try to think whether it actually is quite romantic.

Life's too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don't care.

I'd kill myself without music. Immediately. Life is pointless without music for me.

When you start becoming a pop star, you think, Hold on a second, maybe my life is different now - maybe all these people that I thought of as celebrities are going to be normal, and when I walk into a room I'm going to be really cool and so is everyone else. But that's not what happens at all - I was awkward, and then I just retreated from any social engagement for about a year.

Everything that we've ever done has led up to this moment, so I presume there's a certain intricacy in that.

I think one of the dangers of humor is becoming seduced by it and sacrificing the story for a few laughs.

I'm not reading any novels right now, though not for lack of trying. Unless they're really good, my attention in most novels tends to sputter out after a hundred pages or so - an awful admission for someone who is trying to write one, but it's true.