One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.
Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.
We're all in this together. We're all sinners.
People who stand in the way of where people are walking - I hate that.
I know Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. We went to the same church. I'm pretty sure he's still Mormon. I left the church long ago.
I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.
I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.
I was a maniac as a teenager; I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I was crazy.
I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.
I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.
My family is very religious.
I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.
There's always nerves when you're releasing something.
From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.
I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'
Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.
When I got the 'Blue Album,' I was 11 years old, 10 years old, and then I convinced my parents to go and get my first drum kit, which was, like, 600 bucks.
I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.
I really miss wearing costumes and makeup.
Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.
