I've apparently been the victim of growing up, which apparently happens to all of us at one point or another

I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around.

We need music the most when we’re feeling things really intensely. I think the most intense times in your life are when you’re either falling in love or losing it

A development deal is an in-between record deal. It's like, a guy saying that he wants to date you but not be your boyfriend. You know, they don't wanna sign you to an actual record deal or put an album out on you. They wanna watch your progress for a year.

Ever since I was a little kid I've been so glad to be from America and so glad to live here.

Hearing a crowd scream is the coolest sound in the world. It can motivate me to do anything.