“There’s a lot more to success than just singing.”

No matter where you play, a stadium or an arena, when you’re present on stage, it’s going to feel like a theater.

So many of my songs are based on things that either happened to me or to someone I know, but there are also ones where I’ve written a made-up story. All of them are about very real emotions, and I just find different ways to express them.

As I’m growing, so is my music.

I’m all over the place with muffins. Carrots are great. Banana, chocolate chip, they rock, too.

I really love going back home. I think going back to a nice, relaxed little town is the best way to do it.

Being a sex symbol isn’t cool unless you’re in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol.

I work out every day.

I’m still a little certain I’m a wizard.

You just have to play it cool. You don’t want everyone to know you’re an amateur.

I give big ups to people who are very big on social media, whether they’re doing vlogs or whatever. It takes a lot of effort.

I think anyone can do anything they dream of if they put their mind to it and put in the work.

Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder.

Manuka honey is magic.

I want to graduate high school, so it’s very important to me, and I’ll be focusing hard on that as well.

If I don’t have cereal on the bus, I’m going to be really upset.

Mercy,’ I love conceptually because I feel like you can either think about it as if it were a girl – which it sounds like it could be about a girl – but I like to picture it as ‘pleading for mercy for my career’ type of thing.

I would sing the blues if I had the blues.

Being a blues singer is like being black two times.

I call myself a blues singer, but you ain’t never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.

I could always sing just playing around, but I ain’t want to be no singer. I thought that was lame.

Night is a song, moon and sad people can sing along.

Poetry is an eulogy, sung for hope and love.

I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

Janis Joplin sings the blues as hard as any black person.