I dont think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself.

Ive been making music since I was 14, but for a while, I was afraid to perform.

Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.

I hardly ever go back to Florida. It's really hard to go back. I mean, I hated it so much. I didn't grow up in a great neighborhood, and it puts me back in that feeling of, I want to get out immediately. That was kind of the push and what still pushes me, that I don't want to end up back there.

Life is short, so I am one of those people - and luckily my girlfriend is too - who wants to live everywhere. I don't know how long I'll be there, but I like it right now.

I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. Thats it.

It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all the time and live a life that's worth living and that you can be proud of, and that's what I wanted.