I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be the brooding guy.

There is also something exciting about the risk. Somewhere in me is a sadist that likes pain, I guess.

Kids think books are cool, especially when they see that people they think books are cool are reading.

My family was all musicians. We jam all the time.

A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.

I can't figure out why fans keep coming, maybe it's because they dig the songs.