When I moved to L.A., I was penniless, absolutely beyond broke and in debt up to my eyeballs.

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

I'm in an odd position because I write across so many genres for so many people and they all influence me, and if I'm going to write as honest an album as possible, it's going to be layered.

I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.

The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

I'm a sucker for pop melodies, things you can't get out of your head.