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My musical education started in the limelight, because I found myself surrounded by real musicians, but after my career had taken off.

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.

Once I discovered music, I knew what I wanted to do.

I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big important thing in my life that I was gonna keep doing.

I knew I wanted to be in music, but I didn't know my role, so I did everything from interning at Rolling Stone to writing heavy metal fanzines to playing in a high-school band, and I think all those things probably helped in a way.

I was crazy for music as a high school kid and a college kid.

I'm a huge fan of music in schools and music education because that's how I grew up.

I think music has always been what I always wanted to do, but I didn't know how or when I was going to get discovered.

I didn't start thinking about what I wanted to do professionally until I was 17. I was a hippie, but I did write.

Before I'd even started doing music or having opportunities with my own music, I was studying production and business and stuff anyway. I knew there were so many jobs within the music industry - songwriting or session playing or working at a label - and I was really interested in how it all works.