That is the difference between a good song and a bad song lyrically - if you can listen to it and put yourself in that place, or see that person in that place, normally it is a pretty good song.

I don't want to call myself a perfectionist because perfection is imperfection.

I want to write for people that are trying to do some kind of quality music. What I mean by quality music is not so much the trend, what is hot right now. I don't write trendy, I write what feels good and something that feels good will never get old. Timeless music is what I try to shoot for.

If you believe in yourself, it doesn't matter what others might be telling you is impossible. It's all up to you!

Fear is a healthy part of success.

I named my album Year of the Gentleman. Just looking at how the essence of what it is to be a gentleman is very much lacking nowadays. Someone said to me that chivalry is dead, and I hated to have to agree, but it's true.

Every song I've ever written has been based in reality, based in fact, things that happen to me.