I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.

Obviously, it's great to know that your music is being listened to.

The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that one day I'd be a singer. When you're young, you don't see the signs.

As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.

I personally do not listen to a lot of music. It helps keep my mind free. I don't want to sound like someone else from the get-go. I want to express myself and the world in my head.

If a psychiatrist would analyze [the lyrics], I'm sure they'd come up with something interesting. I really don't try to twist them. I don't want to slash things.

People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.