He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.

Music is a vital part of my life, and it has been since I was a kid. It helped me find my identity as a person, it helped me find my identity as an artist, and it helped me get in touch with emotions that I didn't know I had.

It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real.

More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain.

And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it's enough. I really do because they've made me happy. And I'm only one person.

Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.

I hate you." I love you." You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have." I'm trying not to be.