There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'
Playing in arenas, that's very non-personal with the crowd.
With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.
I think it's healthy for bands to discover new, older stuff.
What I love is getting polarized opinions.
I like to see how other people work and be part of their stuff and see what I can do to be part of their worlds. Its a pretty big challenge, and that excites me.
I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I'm like, 'Wow, that's a beautiful man.' There's no shame in it; that's how I feel.
'Miss Jackson' is about something that actually happened to me when I was younger. I hadn't really talked about it, and I felt that if I didn't, I would keep thinking about it; it would drive me crazy.
All through my senior year, luckily, I didn't have too many hard classes, just a lot of electives. I was able to spend most of my time at the practice space.
When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.
Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.
There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful.
I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.
You can create some soul out of something that's electronic or mechanical.
I'm a big fan of electronic dance music.
I want to write something that celebrates life, that's fun to listen to.
I love traveling, I love waking up in a new city every day.
To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.
I love shopping online for clothes, but only from places that I'm familiar with their sizing.
My favorite electric guitar would have to be my Duesenberg. I've named her 'Dolores,' and she sings like an operatic menace.
