Change terrifies people. They like new, but they don't like new with change.
That's the point of music, to not be selfish and to help other people, I think.
I would never really listen to my own music or whatever, but I write music so I can deal with things and I hope that some people can relate in that. Maybe help people, or just bring a smile to their face or make them feel cool or something.
I'm not really the most confident guy in the world, but I also don't care too much about what people think about me either. I just try to be honest in what I like and see who likes it.
For the most part, I'm extremely thankful for the life I have and what I get to do in the future.
I don't like meeting bands that I like, because in the slight case that they might not be cool, it kind of ruins it for me.
When I took drum lessons as a kid the teacher would always ask me if I practiced, and I'd be like 'nope' and he'd be like: "Well you're not going to be able to play the beat. " So I would ask him to show me, and he'd show me and I'd be able to hear it and play it, so I've always not really been good at reading things.
It is a mistake to think that the price of my art has become easy to me.
. . . a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.
There's a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. . . . If you write for life, you'll work hard; you'll do what's honest, not what pays
If honor calls, where'er she points the way The sons of honor follow, and obey.