Everybody has their demons; everyone has their challenges.

Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.

Eventually, the bad boy image affects fans' willingness to show up.

Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.

Don't misunderstand good manners for passivity.

A lot of potential scenarios create challenges. It's all about how you grew up, values instilled in you.

Our parents were really, really grounded people but also really ambitious people, meaning they saw our ambition and were willing to help us chase it.

No matter what, I will always hope for that day when I look around and can say, 'Oh yeah, I wrote a song that touched me emotionally the way that a song like 'She's Got A Way,' by Billy Joel did.'

Christmas albums are not something you do frequently.