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

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

Im not interested in fad songs.

I have to shut down from other artists, because otherwise I end up giving them my stories.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.

I started selling corn dogs, ended up in the music industry. That's how it all started.

I grew up listening to English music.