I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

When you walk out onstage in front of 65,000 people, it can bring you to tears.

I have rules for life, but not for love. If I think too hard about a relationship, I'll talk myself out of it

I slept in castles and fell in love because I was taught to dream" -

But, I've always loved John Mayer and I think T-Pain is brilliant.

Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.