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There have been periods in my life where I have experienced depression. It has been through some of my darkest moments that I have written some of my best songs. For me, singing and writing is very therapeutic. It's much more effective than taking Prozac!

Yes, there are times when I get extremely depressed and how I sublimate those feelings is through music.

I know so many people who have gone through just not very good situations, and sometimes you just need a song to help pick you up out of it, especially if you're going through the hurting part.

Although, my experience when I've been depressed, not only am I too depressed to sit down and write a song, I'm too depressed to pick up my feet. So if you can at least write about it, you're halfway away from it.

I really don't need to suffer. I can really become a happy person and still make good music - in fact, better music.

I start to think there really is no cure for depression, that happiness is an ongoing battle, and I wonder if it isn't one I'll have to fight for as long as I live. I wonder if it's worth it.

I dropped out of high school when I was, like, 15, so I just focused on doing music. It's all I wanted to do; I didn't want to work or anything else. I took all the negativity and obstacles that came with life, and I just put it in the music.

I had a lot of depression as a kid.

My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely function.

I'm depressed when I don't get to do music. Having to go back to doing something I don't like and am not passionate about would be a tough thing.