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" I can remember just learning to walk and trying to dance like Elvis and sing like Elvis, so I was very, very passionate about music at a very young age. "

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" I like to play music and sleep. But most of all, I love to work... I don't really play sports, so I like to spend my time playing guitar or piano. "

" When I picked up the guitar for the first time, it opened up a whole new world for me. I became obsessed with writing and playing. "

" If you look back to a picture of me when I was 12 years old, you will probably see me in a leather jacket trying to look like Elvis! "

" I hope my fans will grow with me. I want to be like Michael Jackson: 5-year-olds love his music, and 75-year-olds love his music. "

" My mom was a championship pool player. "

" With a good melody... music gets me through everything. "

" Paul McCartney would be the end all, be all. To work with Paul would just be amazing. "

" I'm nervous the first few songs, and then I'm like, 'I got this audience. I'm ready!' "

" We're going to be human, and we are going to make mistakes, but you really should understand the power that you have and embrace it in a positive way. "

" I don't want just 25-year-old girls watching my show. I want Grandma, Grandpa and Mom and Dad and the kids. I just want everyone to hear good music. "

" I loved John Lennon. I read interviews, and whatever he said he liked, I would go and listen to them. That is what I want to do with my fans. "

" I really like Caravan Palace's electro swing stuff. They incorporate the electronic, but when you see them live, they're all on stage playing live music. They're all playing their instruments. They drop these beats with the DJs that are so incredible. "

" I just think it's so much more rewarding and important to go around the world and bring people together as opposed to pushing people away. "

" I'm very close with my fans. I'm very involved with my fans, so I've seen the influence that I can have on a child or on the mind of somebody. "

" My first guitar was a Gretsch 6120, and I just loved listening to artists like Elvis, Chuck Berry and Stray Cats. "

" I have met so many of my idols - like Ray Charles, Brian Setzer - all these cats that are legendary musicians. If they had said to me, 'Hey man, I'm busy,' it would have crushed my soul. "

" I think my music speaks for itself - it backs me up. "

" There's just a lot of really young, entitled people. I don't think a lot of these young people have to work very hard. They're found on YouTube and, boom, thrown into the studio, so they think they can get anything they want. "

" I just love singing, songwriting and touring. "

" My favorite sport is baseball; my cousin is pitcher Heath Bell. "

" I don't eat sushi, but I eat cooked meat. "

" Rufus Wainwright is my go-to for any kind of emotion. He's got songs for all of it. "

" I grew up on oldies like the Beatles and the Beach Boys, Led Zeppelin and The Who. "

" I'm on stage where Rivers Cuomo from Weezer was standing? It's kind of a mind trip. "

" I really, really love what I do, and there's nothing I love more than getting on stage and playing for an audience or working on a part, getting in front of the camera, and meeting all the cool people I get to meet, and going all the cool places I get to go. "

" A lot of the people I'd love to work with, like John Lennon, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, aren't alive, unfortunately. "

" The best place for me is in my car, listening to my stereo. I am 'Mr. Karaoke Guy' in the car, completely. I just go with it and don't care what anyone else thinks - I'm singing, man! "

" I love the atmosphere at the mall - everything about Christmas. I don't think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves. "

" The fans are especially amazing in Mexico. You look out your window, and there are fans that stay out there all night long. "