It Sounds Like A Cliche, But It...

I Hate Album Covers Where People Are Just Smiling So Big. It's Like A Neon Sign That Says Please Come Buy Me.

We Leaned On Family, Church, School, Friends And Sports. That's Basically All We Had. All Those Things Really Shaped My Life And Shaped Me Musically. It's Why I Write The Way I Do.

Keg In The Closet Pizza On The Floor Left Over From The Night Before, Where We Were Going We Didn't Really Care. We Had All We Ever Wanted In That Keg In The Closet.

I Can't See Going Onstage Wearing A Long-sleeve Shirt In The Dead Of Summer. I Work Out Hard During The Day With A Trainer Who Monitors Everything I Put In My Mouth When I'm On Tour. When I First Got A Record Deal, You Can Tell By My Early Album Covers That Working Out Wasn't That Much A Part Of My Life.

Now I'm A Symbol Of What To Be And How Hard To Work. I Have Heads Of Major Labels Say, "i Wish You Could Teach Our Artists How To Do It." At One Point I Was The Punching Bag Of What Not To Be, And Now I'm The Model Of What To Be.