I'm not a big punk fan, but I love a good, solid screamer.

I really do feel like music is the only thing that I can do.

I love patchwork quilts. But not in music.

The rejection I received when I was young for being a homosexual... that's nothing compared to the number you do on yourself when you've been taught that you are not a human like other people.

I don't really listen to my old music.

I think I have a great voice, but it's not special enough to be remembered. But what's special about me is much more than just my voice.

I believe humans have a soul that continues to exist after they die, but I don't know what form that will take.

I don't really experience much embarrassment.

I love that phrase that parents say to their children when they cry: 'I'll give you something to cry about.'

Me becoming a person, instead of somebody who just hides and is afraid, has happened in tandem with me learning to write music and become a good songwriter.