Musician

I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions.

I was the only real punk rock kid in my school, with, like, the plaid pants and the Rancid t-shirt.

I ordered a decaf coffee the other night, and I was like, 'Holy crap, I'm an adult.'

The world is changing. I'm trying to adjust to it, just like everyone else.

I wanna get backup singers, but I don't think I will ever get backup dancers.

I wanted a guitar when I was 4 or 5, and I learned how to play guitar by the time I was 6. Just self-taught.

There was a time where I was really confused about who I was and what I was doing, and I was just kind of depressed.

I learned from the best storytellers in the world: Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Ne-Yo, Michael Jordan, Vin Diesel, RuPaul.

Fighting to get up in the morning, fighting to get on stage, fighting to make music that makes people feel good when I don't - that's been a struggle.

I'm an honest person. I've nothing to hide.

I didn't want to be famous or any of that.

I just really love being the first to do something and that drives me to think, 'What are people not doing right now, and how can I be the best at it?'

I was kind of a MySpace kid in high school, and people thought since I had so many MySpace friends that they didn't need to be nice to me in real life. They were like, 'You get enough attention online,' or they were jealous or something. I don't really know.

I'm not like any other artist, point blank.

I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.

My family was very unsure, and they told me to have a 'plan B' - until I did my publishing deal at 21 for over a million dollars. Then I tattooed my neck to prove I'll never become a lawyer.

As soon as I got rich, it was mimosas every morning. I was taking my friends to Six Flags every weekend. We were flying to Hawaii; we did whatever we wanted.

Music's a hobby to me.

I've done arenas, and sometimes it feels like you're the only one in the room.

I don't really like living in a very small space, like a tour bus, even though I have an amazing tour bus, and I've had multiple tour buses. It's still not a lot of room.