It's hard to start and think about having balance. Music is a tough industry, and you have to work your way to that luxury.

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.

Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it?Toby: God bless America.

Are writers the torchbearers of humanity? It’s a romantic idea, but it’s complete rubbish. We writers are the crocodiles in the river.

for those memories are nowjust like these little kittensI hold in my handsthose can be kissedand treasuredbut not held too tightly.

Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

There's nothing like a nice piece of hickory.

It's ironic that Olympic spectators will never have seen Yiannis Kouros, the greatest Greek athlete since Pheidippides

Treason is greatest where trust is greatest.

I go where I'm invited. And all I can tell you is if we accepted every invitation we had, I'd be away every day of my life.

If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

I'm a regular Joe...I just have the unique ability to accessorize.