If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

My family were all musicians. I really wasn't interested in school or anything.

I started on drums when I was 13 and played them for two years. Then I went to guitar for a year, played keyboards for a year and a half, and went back to guitar.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.

A lot of times I wish I would have learned to read music, but I'm very impatient.

Once I was playing and moving around and I fell right on my back. Just straight on my back. It was the most embarrassing moment of my life.

Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four months without writing a thing.