Musician

I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.

I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.

I've ended up on some website list or some other list for super right-wing people. They've been tweeting some pretty rude stuff at me, so I think there's a sect of America out there that doesn't like certain opinions and can really take their claws out when they don't like what you're saying.

I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.

I'm not super into sports.

I love connected culture.

I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.

In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.

At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.

I love working with women.

I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.

You get to a point where everything is so important. One day you have 'Letterman,' and the next day you're at the MTV Movie Awards, and the next day you have a sold-out show for over 15,000 people. You can't cancel anything, because it's just too much to let everyone down, which is an interesting thing about being in a bigger band.

I've noticed that a lot of people in film always seem interested in music videos, like it's some, like, really exciting thing they've always wanted to do or something.

When I work with other people, I don't have to do that - it's because I love to do it and I want to do it.

Sometimes it's really quick, and sometimes it's really long. There's no formula for writing songs.

Black and white creates a strange dreamscape that color never can.

'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.

When you're in a band, it's like everyone's the CEO, and anyone could destroy it at any moment.

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.

It's pretty easy to tell who's garbage and who's not right away, and most people suck, to be honest, or they're just really wrapped up in what's going on with themselves.