It can be tricky with branding these days, because everything is kind of branded.

A tiny detail can make you feel completely different. I feel different if I wear something that I'm slightly uncomfortable in.

I really like our studio. It's definitely not in any way slick; it's very homemade, literally. Everyone has their own room to produce and write, and [there's a] big rehearsal space.

One of my strict, strict rules is a no auto-tune policy.

You write music for yourself and if you just open that door and let people in, the audience is going to grow and it's going to become more accessible.

If you listen too much to doubts you're totally lost.

I don't write hits. If you just open that door, you're going to get a hit.

Swedes, compared to Americans, can seem a little cold and introverted.

I find it a little stressful when you're in a really nice studio and you feel time ticking and the bill getting higher.

My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even more strong.

I feel like I'm still learning a lot with writing lyrics. In the beginning, like the first record, I wasn't so aware.

When your intuition is right, thank the part of you that knows how to do that truly remarkable job.

...I'm in a little bubble of warmth, just like I had with Ellis, a place I never thought I'd be again.

Make a conscious effort to think, speak and act in affirmative manner.

I like what I do and keep thinking the best is yet to come.

I say to the young blokes, when you get asked for an autograph, don't knock it back because there'll be a time where no one will ask you.

I like happy things, I'm really calm and peaceful. I like birds, bees, I like people. I like funny things that make me happy and gleeful... like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school!

I'm a guy who comes from a small town in the Midwest. It's not in my nature to say the most explicit things in public.

Does our Gospel presentation make men excited about what God can do for them on this earth, or about whom God is?

To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

We ourselves are not an illusory part of Reality; rather are we Reality itself illusorily conceived.