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

I was a good student. My mom is a teacher, and her side of the family is all teachers. She put a big emphasis on getting good grades.

I don't how many of us get to go to the next level, and I don't know how many people on my level get to go to the next level after that. I think it is the songs that can take you there.

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

My world on the road always ends up feeling really small which is ironic because that's when I'm seeing the most places and meeting the most people!

I don't know how to make magic. For most songwriter's that has only happened once or twice, and I don't know how to re-create that. I know that there are some tricks and tools, but the magic is the amazing part.

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