“I’m probably the most proud of “Mrs. Potato Head,” because I had that idea in my head for so long, and I tried writing that song one time and I just couldn’t tell the story the way I wanted to, and I couldn’t figure it out.”

I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.

I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.

My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.

My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.

My style in three words- youthful, sweet, and diverse.

I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.

I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.

I’m not used to writing about happy emotions, I’m just used to pulling from my sad or angry – happy emotions are very hard for me to portray in music.

Doing music is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and you’re putting out music you’re proud of, it will never feel like work. It’ll just feel like love.

Doing music is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and you’re putting out music you’re proud of, it will never feel like work. It’ll just feel like love.

Doing music is time consuming, will drain you, and stress you out at times. But in the end if you love doing it, and you’re putting out music you’re proud of, it will never feel like work. It’ll just feel like love.

I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

I’ll always definitely strive to write songs that are going to help people feel confident in themselves.

I see things that nobody else sees.

I see things that nobody else sees.

There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt.

If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Attention is a strange sort of being, anyway, the idea of attention if someone appreciates your work. It’s always nice that someone appreciates your work.

Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.