Growing up, all I cared about in a song, before I really listened to lyrics, was that beat.

For years, I wrote songs to try to get cuts or try to have hits or try to appease a label or to be famous. I was learning a lot of valuable tools about structure and how to articulate. I was getting really good at that.

My wife is so sweet... she probably gets tired of me calling her with nothing to say, but she's always there for me.

I have some lofty goals. I want 'You Broke Up With Me' to go Number One.

On hindsight, I feel I should have given more time to sports. But I really got bitten by the acting bug.

I'm the youngest of three boys. Both of the older two are very heterosexual, football-watching, married, child-rearing, cornfed Midwestern guys.

Unless you enjoy life passionately, you cannot be a good artiste. Practise what you like, be it sports or dancing.

Everybody's going to play in tough-weather games - snow, rain, sleet - but you've got to hold onto the football.