"I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else."

"Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life."

"I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it."

"There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now."

"I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star."