The music that I made in my band wasn't the expression of everything I was into. Bands are based on compromise.

Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong

You could be your own spotlight!

Sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger. The person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger.

Speed is absolutely key to creativity. The more time it takes to create something, the less likely you are to create something.

I really like pop music, I don't think it's a four-letter word.

I think writing is a much more personal thing.