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" When you're in a band, it's kind of a big thing to be friends as well. "

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" I like all the obnoxious Eagles stuff that just drives people crazy. I love 'Life In The Fast Lane' and 'Hotel California.' "

" At nine or ten, I was playing guitar in music class in my elementary school in Jackson, Michigan. They had a guitar class, and I played with ten of my classmates, and we did a little guitar orchestra for a school music. "

" My voice is not very dynamic. "

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" At 12 or 13, I picked up a guitar because my mother made me learn how to play. "

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" People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!' "

" My experience with Dino Jr. proved that making new music was a worthwhile pursuit. "

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" I love making records, and part of really doing that and being happy about it is just that each time I've done something, I come to terms with what maybe is wrong with it, and then I move on to the next thing. "

" I wrote a song for my sister's wedding. "

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" Most of the times that I've written break-up songs, it's been different because I was always trying to get back to something: get back to a situation or talk my way or sing my way back into the relationship. "

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" When I was a teenager, my mom got me a really nice baritone ukulele. "

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