When you’re young you just run, but you come back to what you need.

I don't compete with other people in the industry, I compete with myself.

The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.

I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.

The song 'Innocent' is a song that I wrote about something that really, really emotionally impacted me.

My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.

You have to not only live your life in spite of people who don't understand you, you have to have more fun than they do.