You can create some soul out of something that's electronic or mechanical.

I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.

I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.

There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.

Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.

When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.

The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.

There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.

All through my senior year, luckily, I didn't have too many hard classes, just a lot of electives. I was able to spend most of my time at the practice space.

I love being the center of attention. I'm shameless about it.

'Miss Jackson' is about something that actually happened to me when I was younger. I hadn't really talked about it, and I felt that if I didn't, I would keep thinking about it; it would drive me crazy.

I guess if I had to classify myself, I'd say I'm straight.

I find myself being attracted to dudes all the time. I'm like, 'Wow, that's a beautiful man.' There's no shame in it; that's how I feel.

I like to see how other people work and be part of their stuff and see what I can do to be part of their worlds. Its a pretty big challenge, and that excites me.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

What I love is getting polarized opinions.

I think it's healthy for bands to discover new, older stuff.

With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.

Playing in arenas, that's very non-personal with the crowd.

Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.

Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.

Before I had a steady job, I was broke, and I didn't have any money to buy anything, so I would illegally download stuff.