I think a lot of my anxieties and fears are things that are very abstract.

I had a drummer in my band who started teaching me tricks to come up with interesting rhythms. Because I don't come from a musical background, I've never studied music, and I don't know music theory at all, so a lot of stuff I discover on my own are things students would learn in the first grade of music.

I think that's a responsibility I have, to not leave the listener with complete dread or depressing, dark thoughts, but to leave a little door open so that you can dance your way out if you want to.

Really, to me, a really good evening would be a comedian, followed by a band, followed by a really good DJ.

Nirvana was a band that led you somewhere, as opposed to all the grunge bands that began and ended with themselves.

If there's two things I will never do, it would be grow a beard and pick up the uke again.

What I can't fit into my suitcase is probably something I don't need.

I love playing small towns, but in Sweden, it's sometimes a little bit weird, because all small towns are just so close to bigger cities that people are not as grateful when you show up as they are in Odessa, Texas.

I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're just a bunch of happy idiots.

I think, in a world of mouths, I want to be an ear.

I don't like irony and sarcasm very much. But I do like it when you think someone is telling you a joke, and then you discover it's serious.

When you're writing about difficult things and darker issues, it's nice to offer some sort of light at the end of the tunnel. Some sense of hope. Sometimes, the best way to do that is by offering it in the music, so that you can dance your way out of the darkness.

Sometimes you have to burn yourself to the ground before you can rise like a phoenix from the ashes.

I never intended to set out and be a singer-songwriter. I just sort of became one because I put out my own record.

I used to be a huge collector, and my big thing was stickers.

If I'm not crying while writing a song, I'm not doing it right.

I come from a very uncool profession: being a washed up child actor.

The best shows I play, I almost don't even remember off the stage.

I learn lessons with every interview I give.

I'm a pretty terrible rapper. I always have been.

I think the idea of opening up for a massive band is always better than actually doing it, and having your name on the ticket means more than the actual set.

You never know how things are going to turn out in a movie. You can imagine a scene one way, and it can turn out to be completely the polar opposite of what you expected. You just have to roll with the punches.

I'm not always as disciplined as I should be. I don't sit down and write every day, but I should.

I scored one film by myself, which was the hardest thing I think I've ever done.