“You start off with a little spark, and it's whether or not you nurture that spark. You have to expand it and work on it”

“The worst things in life come free to us”

“And I will stop trying to fall in love again, and keep it a secret. It never works out anyway”

“Another day another life Passes by just like mine It's not complicated Another mind Another soul Another body to grow old It's not complicated”

“You can't call me a Twitter phenomenon or a YouTube one. These things are useful, but so's hard gigging. One year I did 311 shows. I did six in one night alone.”

“I'd like to say that I'm a rock star, but I'm not - I'm honestly more of a relationship kind of guy. I'm a guy you could take home to meet your mum rather than a guy your mum wouldn't like.”

“The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.”

“If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, that's what I'm going to be happy putting out there.”

“Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.”

“As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.”

“I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about.”