I wasn't very aware of pop music because I attended an arts school. For me, it was all about jazz.

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.

it's best to accept life as it really is and not as I imagined it to be

My biggest fear is mindlessly and stupidly repeating myself.

Accept certain inalienable truths.

I want to give some positive messages and to empower some people.

One road trip we were stuck on the runway for seven hours. The plane kept driving and driving until we arrived at the rink and I realized we were on a bus.

The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.

I think every band is a little cautious when the drummer starts to write tunes.

I never avoid something that challenges my guts and my heart. While I might occasionally puke my guts out, I have never puked my heart out.

There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.

Are you better off today than you were four years ago?