The most successful people are so original.

Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.

That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself.

I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people.

I'm trying to focus on original material. That is what I've had my luck with.

Successful people breed success.