Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.

I come from a place of darkness when I write because I'm always trying to figure things out. It's kind of like my own therapy when I write music. It's me working through my own problems hopefully. And putting it into a song.

I'm a shy person, so I get really nervous going into interviews.

I have a tattoo on my foot that says 'it's a whale' in Japanese, because Japanese people kill whales. My stuffed whale was like most children's teddy bear. I took it with me everywhere. I slept with it. I couldn't live without my whale.

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

I moved out to L.A. when I was 17, dropped out of high school, and pursued a career in music.

But do you ever think of me, when you lie? Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies.