There's not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.
I think I'm better behind the camera than I am in front.
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life.
I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
I like the idea of helping people help people.
If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now.
I've only ever trusted my gut on everything. I don't trust my head, I don't trust my heart, I trust my gut.
I pack every minute I can with something to do.
I watch everybody every night, from sitting down to being on their feet at the end, and I feel a sense of reinvention, of caring, presenting these songs in their purest form.
One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record.'
To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.
I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly, my pride never would have allowed me to. In the beginning it was about doing it the right way, on the merits of the music.
I think all my videos suck.
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.
I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.
I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was.
