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  • I know Dan Reynolds from Imagine Dragons. We went to the same church. I'm pretty sure he's still Mormon. I left the church long ago.

  • I'm a pretty good drummer. I'm pretty good at guitar, bass and piano. I can play accordion; I'm not virtuoso. I've played cello before. My sister played it, and I know how to play it, but I'm not the best. Violin is kind of the same thing.

  • To see fans singing your songs back to you is an indescribable thing.

  • Hey, Ill be a pretty boy for money.

  • With an older generation, there's some weight carried with the Beatles. There's almost like an untouchable, god-like force field around them.

  • My favorite type of pet has always been a dog. They're loyal, kind, and offer endless affection. My friend Eric says, 'The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.' Funny thought.

  • I learned about being positive from my parents. They're the most positive people I've ever known.

  • I seriously love Cleveland. It's a great city.

  • Change is always a little bit strange.

  • I love shopping online for clothes, but only from places that I'm familiar with their sizing.

  • Some of my favourite record and album covers and stuff have all been the singer, and they create a character, and they dress up a little bit.

  • I haven't mowed a lawn in quite a while, but I remember hating that when I was growing up. To please Dad, you have to get it right, and that's the thing. You have to please Dad.

  • I recorded 'The End of All Things' right before I married my now wife. We had no vows publicly, so I wrote her this song and told her, 'This is how I see our relationship.'

  • I think the only festival I ever went to was Warped Tour.

  • Having a very serious thematic element in the lyrics and then juxtaposing with something really triumphant and just a big beat to dance to is a nice contrast to having a dark message.

  • There was a kid that used to pick on me... he used to drop my food and beat me up in little corners. Nothing serious, but tease me. I remember knocking his food out of his hand one time when he in the middle of explaining something to his friends, and they all laughed, so I thought that was pretty nice. 'Well, there you go buddy.'

  • Synthesizers were looked at as stealing the soul of music, but then there were these new bands who used it to contradict that idea.

  • You can't just be a musician; you have to be an entertainer and perform and act just to hit the bar.

  • I want to write something that celebrates life, that's fun to listen to.

  • I really miss wearing costumes and makeup.

  • I love being the center of attention. I'm shameless about it.

  • Since I was a kid - youngest of five kids - I've always been starved for attention, like 'Look at me! Look at me! Look what I can do!'

  • There's always a bit of nerves that come with expectations and new situations.

  • Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.

  • When you have four people writing lyrics instead of one person, the lyrics are going to be a little more broad.

  • I've always been that person: If it gets into my head, I've got to do it until I get it perfect - a perfectionist's attitude.

  • If I was a serial killer? How I would kill somebody? I'm actually a very compulsive person ... I'd chainsaw people.

  • I don't listen to a ton of rock music.

  • When I wrote a song, it would have to be from something I was really excited about, or a melody that's been haunting me for weeks, or a message I wanted to convey lyrically. So it would have to start from something I felt very strongly about.

  • Before I had a steady job, I was broke, and I didn't have any money to buy anything, so I would illegally download stuff.

  • You don't have to be angry, you don't have to be too cool for school. You can just have a good time and dance like no one's watching. Just enjoy life.

  • What I love is getting polarized opinions.

  • There's actually a song called 'Vegas Lights,' which I wanted to be an anthem for Vegas, that represented how I felt when I went to the clubs. I felt this weird energy where everybody was having a good time, and it didn't matter. Dancing like nobody's watching. It was kind of beautiful.

  • It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.

  • I like to see how other people work and be part of their stuff and see what I can do to be part of their worlds. Its a pretty big challenge, and that excites me.

  • From the first time I heard Bob Marley or even Sublime, I wanted to move out to California and be near the ocean, start surfing, start being a part of that whole thing.

  • I played trumpet in middle school, and then I had to get braces, so I had to stop playing trumpet and start playing drums.

  • I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.

  • I have no problem with people illegally downloading stuff. I'm not going to drive hard into 'You should buy my stuff,' because really, it's inevitable. If you like a song, you're going to download it for free. I have no problem with that.

  • Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.

  • I've never considered myself a lyricist, but I have stuff to say.

  • I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

  • I have a room dedicated to music and recording. I go there first thing in the morning and just before I go to bed. And it has a window to my street, so I can watch all the crazies walking by.

  • I think, you know, when you're a teenager, sometimes your emotions are a little bit more drastic than maybe when you're in your 20s. You sort of level out a little bit.

  • The future should be exciting, you know? It shouldn't be a nerve-wracking experience.

  • I love Journey and Fleetwood Mac.

  • One of the most frustrating parts about songwriting for me is production, but it makes me want to get better at it and ends up being one of the most rewarding parts of it.

  • I love to surf. Hawaii has some of the best waves in the world, and the most consistent as well. That's always fun.

  • I'm a big fan of electronic dance music.

  • I don't have any pets, so I get to walk around the house naked. So I'm more free.

  • Heartbreak is the best motivation.

  • I look back at the past as fond memories but I'm able to move forwards in a new light, like I'm reborn.

  • It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen to our songs, not one of them has that tone. Emo is bullshit! If people want to take it for the literal sense of the word, then yes, we're an emotional band, we put a lot of thought into what we do. People always try to stereotype us, but we don't fit the emo stereotype.

  • Could I imagine being a piano? That'd be awesome. I'd throw a D-minor at you to make you sad, then an F-major to make you happy!

  • We're weird guys. I don't know if a lot of people get our humor. A lot of people probably think we're jerks. We're real sarcastic. Really ironic and stuff. We mean well, but we joke around probably a lot more than we should.

  • I think anything you listen to is going to be different. You're going to listen to a song differently if you're just sitting around somewhere listening on your phone as opposed to sitting in a dark room listening to a vinyl album. It's going to be a totally different experience.

  • We're just like you. Were not these older idols, you know, were just kids like you guys.

  • 'Victorious' for me was a chance to write a song exactly how I was feeling - I was feeling triumphant, I was feeling like I could do anything as long as I've got the people that I love by my side. We're gonna go out and conquer it, and party, and just be awesome.

  • I like to put wings on my mythical creatures, because I've always wanted to be able to fly! That's a dream of mine.

  • I grew up in a very religious family, so that was never going to leave me. I just accepted it over the years. Although I'm not religious myself, it is so much a part of me. It's a part of my history, a part of my tradition and my culture, so I don't want to just throw it away and leave it behind, because it's made me who I am today.

  • You don't have to be the same as anybody else, but you can support - just concerning human rights in general.

  • You can't really take a vinyl record player on a plane so you're not going to have the same experience, but if you walk yourself away and allow yourself to experience these different moments with music, you're so much richer in experience for that. That's what I believe.

  • I'm not starting my own religion, I'm not preaching, and I'm not starting a church of any kind, but I love being able to accumulate so many experiences over the years and use that as ammunition for what I truly believe in.

  • I like having that juxtaposition where you can have a very triumphant sounding song and then throw in all this crazy imagery. That's part of the fun of writing, you know?

  • I love being involved in all of the creative stuff; I love talking ideas with directors. Anyone with an imagination can create something fun.

  • I have my mother's hips...I have an apple bottom.

  • I'm shedding off the old me and I'm reborn as the new me - it's great!

  • I love every type of listening format, from MP3s to CDs to vinyl. There's something special about each one. It's a sign of the times. I love looking back, and even putting new music on vinyl - if it's right!

  • I wanted to talk about a lot of stuff that I've been through. Party-wise, it's taken me almost a decade to party enough to accumulate enough experiences that I could sing about and put in one song!

  • I think anything you listen to is going to be different.

  • I think some songs are better on vinyl. I would rather listen to it in a club! 80% of this album; put it on in a club and just rage! Play it super loud!

  • I think some songs are better on vinyl.

  • I love going back to vinyl! I still have a great vinyl collection that I'm building up every couple of months. It's something I love to do.

  • I love looking back, and even putting new music on vinyl - if it's right!

  • I like to use religion as a catalyst for something that I believe.

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