I do actually believe in love. I can't say that I'm 100 percent successful in that department, but I think it's one of the few worthwhile human experiences. It's cooler than anything I can think of right now.

I thought my goal in life was to be in a successful band, and I had got that, but I was as miserable as I had ever been, and I couldn't understand why that would be.

I'm kind of forced to get out of what might feel more natural and comfortable.

You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.

Books are better than movies because you design the set the way you want it to look.

Why don’t the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.

I realized when I was 23 that I had never really tried anything.