I'm having a lot more fun living life. My new motto is "plerking" - I play and work at the same time.

When you follow your heart, you always win and it feels so good.

Art and life go together. I have to have a life filled with experiences to make art, and I have to have art around me to live well.

I finally feel content with my work. My fruit has started to ripen. I'm able to dissect emotion properly and distill it into a song that reverberates in a truthful place.

Touring is a favorite part of what I do. I love connecting with the fans in that immediate way.

I remember attaching a wire clothing hanger to the antenna of my radio in my bedroom, so I could get the frequency and get that station and listen to the top 10 every night.

Any time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.