Fearless is not the absence of fear. Fearless is living in spite of those things that scare you.

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

It was an actual Christmas tree farm. We had, like, 15 acres. It was really fun as a kid. I also spent my summers at the Jersey Shore, on the bay in Stone Harbor. I walked everywhere barefoot. It was just the most amazing, magical way to grow up.

In life, you learn lessons. And sometimes you learn them the hard way. Sometimes you learn them too late.

My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.

Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.

she thinks I'm psycho cause I like to rhyme her name with things.