"I happen to be a guy who also plays the piano and sings, so people automatically associate me with Billy Joel."

"The early Billy Joel stuff I fell in love with, like Glass Houses, is a real rock record."

"Women are the first to jump on what is fashionable."

"I guess I'm happy that I'm getting the attention. Otherwise, I'd just be playing in a local bar in front of my family members, and I'm sure they'd get sick of that in no time."

"I don't want to see Superman replaced with Superboy."

"So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll."

"I think listening to real classic soul material made me learn how to feel music that's sung."

"Playing in front of people is a lot different from playing in your room."

"I could tell it was a popular move as a writer to walk down the bass lines while you were writing a song."

"When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands."

"There's always some amount of gradual, slow burning destruction over the course of partying."

"So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure."

"I'm like a junkie for writing."

"You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal."

"My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it."

"I was introduced to country music around a campfire on a farm."

"So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing."

"I don't take my clothes off in my videos."

"I miss that sensation of a small achievement feeling like a really big deal."

"When people put that sort of pressure on you, you're worried that people won't want to receive you."

"So when you start touring, women are definitely going to check you out first."

"I'm very competitive, and my ego couldn't handle that lack of success."

"It's not my goal to be a famous actor."

"I may never get my own action figure, but at least I think what I'm doing is really legitimate musically."

"I took a lot of time to open myself up to taking chances musically."

"I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately."

"I love to play music."

"When I was a kid I got busted for throwing a rock through a car window and egging a house on halloween."