A big part of my life is music education because it changed my life - but arts, academics and athletics should all be equally treated in the school.
I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
My father was out of my life when I was pretty young - when I was 7 years old, he was gone. I didn't see him for the rest of my childhood.
Running opened up something beautiful in my life. I try to send the energy all over my body. I love the feeling of it.
When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
When I first heard about Twittering, I thought it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever heard of in my life. It's like the devil: the idea that your personal life is there for everybody.
My whole musical life has been an educational process, and I'm just furthering my education and filling in the blanks. There's stuff that I want to know that I don't know.
It's so easy to fall into a comfortable groove in life where you do the things that you like, and because of that, often times, we don't grow or change because we're not pushing ourselves.
When Hillel died, it was during one of the happiest times of my life. I was married and completely in love and had a baby on the way.
I wanted to play in a band, and I wanted to do music for a living, and that's what I dedicated my life to.