Often when I find myself listening to music, at least 60 to 70% of it is foreign, so I don't understand a word of it. Melody to me will always be a million times more important than words.

It was funny to just take a backseat and be like, 'Wow, I might be in this crazy place, but maybe I don't need to understand everything, maybe I don't need to be someone else.'

The more I know, the more I realise I don't know. And the more I realise I'll never truly understand.

You always know when a real inspiration is behind the melody, arrangements, even lyrics. And I know that's really vague, but it's true.

Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.

As a teenager and a young adult, I never felt like my own story was interesting enough to tell, so I always wrote lyrics from someone else's perspective - told someone else's story.

My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player.

I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.

I'm sure that's every adolescent's complaint about their home town. When a city is unstimulating, you get pretty isolated.

I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time.

I feel like I've met most people I look up to musically. I just want to meet Chef.

When you are authentic without an intent to harm others, you give yourself an awesome feeling which is the feeling of self-love.

Elvis is in the kitchen and he’s making eggs Benedict!

Everyday, you leave a footprint!

Wittiness turns me on more than anything else.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

Own your beauty whatever shape or form it comes in.

I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.

Iggy Azalea, I can't really get into her. Because it's just not real to me.

I want to show kids, look where I came from. You can do it too if you believe and are willing to work hard.

A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.