Frankly, I have always dreaded writing - there always seemed to be pain involved, unpleasant self-examination and a lot of fear.

It's kind of a miracle to think that a device in your pocket can play pretty much any song that the world has ever created.

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

I hated school . . . I freaking hated it. The fact is that it revolved around something you didn't have access to. If you weren't on the football team, if you were in the band, you were a leper. When people say those were the best years of our lives, I want to scream.

I've got a canvas, I've got a scene, let’s fill that with sound.

Tired faith all worn and thin, for all we could have done, and all that could have been.

I've become impossible, holding on to when everything seemed to matter more.