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I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.

I think that fame only goes to your head if you are not a real artist. If you are a real artist and a good person who loves what they are doing, you are going to be the same person.

Obviously I'm not the best singer; obviously I'm not the best piano player or the best songwriter, but I'm doing my best on all of 'em. Once you have all those things in place, then I think everything falls the way it should.

I think if you're a good songwriter, that's what you are first - not a star or celebrity.

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.

I think that most people who are just artists, who are getting famous, would trade a lot of their fame back for some normalcy, pretty much immediately.

You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.

It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.