I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about.

I don't like to feel like I'm in a club when I'm in my car and I turn on the radio. Anything that ceases to be a song and just sounds like house music kind of stresses me out.

The cool thing about reading is that when you read a short story or you read something that takes your mind and expands where your thoughts can go, that's powerful.

I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write.

When I was 8 years old, it mattered what my favorite singer said and wore and expressed opinions about.

There are times when I'm caught up in everything and I have to say to myself, "Please feel good; please feel better; everything's okay; you're fine; things aren't falling apart; take a second; get back to a place where you realize that you don't actually have real problems." That happens. You never know when those tables are gonna turn... For me, confidence is something that can come crashing down in one second.

Why leave when you can stay, why stay if you have to go