I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.

I think it's important that you know that I will never change. But I'll never stay the same either

When I was a teenager I felt like we were always being stereotyped as being really intense and dramatic and passionate and hopelessly romantic and excitable, now in retrospect I think I need to let you know those things are amazing. I hope you never lose those things.

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

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.

Never regret your past. You have to move on and learn from it.

I could make the bad guys good for a weekend.