I wish I was Freddie Mercury, straight up.

There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'

I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.

I love to surf. Hawaii has some of the best waves in the world, and the most consistent as well. That's always fun.

I really like musicals - 'The Music Man,' 'Oklahoma!,' 'Li'l Abner,' 'Annie Get Your Gun.'

I love Journey and Fleetwood Mac.

I've always wanted to do a cutesy little song with a guy and girl singing back and forth and thought that Regina Spektor would be kind of cool for that. I love her voice. She's an amazing musician.

I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

I guess a lot of people don't like talking.

Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.

Since I was a kid - youngest of five kids - I've always been starved for attention, like 'Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!'

I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'

I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.

I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.

I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before. My sister played it, and I know how to play it, but I'm not the best. Violin is kind of the same thing.

I know Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. We went to the same church. I'm pretty sure he's still Mormon. I left the church long ago.

I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.

I'm still a very big fan of Fiona Apple.

I was gonna be a cosmetologist. I didn't really want to. I wanted to be in a band. It kind of worked out.

I didn't even go to graduation.

One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.

I don't listen to a ton of rock music.

You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.