You know, when you have a father who's pretty well known but you don't see him, the last thing you want to do is start talking about him all the time to people.

I'm not melancholy; I'm a happy-go-lucky person, kind of silly. I like funny things. I have a lot of energy. I tend to like music that's mellow, though.

When something's ending, you go through so many phases, and it can be frustrating. But once you're out on the other side, it's like you can really see all the crazy phases you went through.

I became a musician so I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

All is fair in love and songwriting.

Don't go chasing after butterflies, when everything you want is right by your side.

If I make a record I love, then somebody will like it. Maybe not everybody, but that won't matter.

I think it's important for people who love music to retain physical CDs or even vinyl, because it sounds so great and so much warmer than music over the internet.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I love my dad and we have a very good relationship now.

Baby, In your eyes Sweet memories of the good times we had

What could possibly go wrong with faking love with a stranger on national TV?

We had to think differently to do what must be done.

The only pleasing thing in life is pain. Pain creates pleasure, but not in the literal way.

I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

The luck will alter and the star will rise.

Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st.

If you want to study writing, read Dickens