Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

My dad used to say to me, 'You look more like me than I do.'

You don't have to burn books, you don't have to rebel against teachers to rebel; to rebel is to truly own your own self.

People see my face, they hear my voice, and I know they're thinking about my father. That's OK - he was a great man.

I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and he always has played such hot guitar.

My job description is... being enthusiastic.

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

I did everything I could to not be a musician.

In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation.

Live a Lie' is inspired by recent combinations found in dubstep.

My dad was my hero, my best friend.

In her crazy, upside down world, she needed someone like that. A rock that would keep her going, an anchor to keep her from drifting away. Instead, she was alone

My whole life is reading tabloid magazines. It’s really sad, because that’s what my show is all about — what is going on with celebrities. So I have to know everything.

I'm competitive at everything.

But a wild democracy . . . too often disdains the essential principles of justice.

I kind of go for the MGM version of every musical style.

You, of course, are a rose-- But were always a rose.

I sit up straight and do the first thing a person is supposed to do in an emergency, which is send a text message.

Act by inspiration, motivated by love.

No one can stop what God has for you.

Rest assured: Before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we need; before God, the righteousness of Christ is all we have.