As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for a lot of people. So for me, I just try to keep taking corners and trying to find new paths.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.

Rejection just motivates me to keep trying and to try to do better.

You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not trying at all; we're just doing what we do.

People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they were saying, but how they said it.

I have that love for music, when you are finding either old gems that you never heard or newer stuff that perks your ear. It keeps you trying to look for new stuff to write about it. You don't spin your wheels. I take that same approach to music and books.