I didn't ask to become a role model, but it was thrust upon all of us, regardless of whether you acknowledge it. You have to come to a decision as an adult and say, "I've got to live my life." There's nothing wrong with thinking ahead and being aware of how it might affect somebody - everything from a post to where you have dinner to who you're with. But these aren't things you can let consume your life.
As a songwriter, the minute you start having sex, you can totally see the difference in the writing. You become an adult - that's kind of the whole backbone of it, really, your identity as a person and what sex means to you.
Having an open dialogue, in any creative atmosphere, is really important to feeling free to tell the story the best way you can.
I think the community that you're in really can define your ability to be at peace with your circumstances.
I love music, it kind of comes naturally and has always been a part of my world.
I feel the most connected to my art when it comes from my real life and hopefully the audience feels that.
I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key.
Although I really like the people I travel with, family is just different, and having them around at all times is a really nice thing - and a luxury.
I'm really open to just about anything but I think the real dream is to be able to write my own thing.
I think the differences between men and women, it's kind of hard to define what those are and the challenges, what they are. I think there are challenging things for everybody.
I think I like a challenge. I try to find projects that will push me in a new way and help me grow.
I just want to keep pushing things and growing, and we'll see what happens.
As an actor, rejection is a big part of it, and I've had a lot of it. So when there's something that you really want to do, it's so great to have someone to be a part of a team as great as this team is.
Sometimes there's something that you need a few takes to get it and if it takes 15 takes, it takes 15 takes. It really depends.
I got to sing with the Boss, Sting, Pink and John Legend and all of those people. It felt like the pinnacle, and then I got the call. I cried, actually and I called my dad, it was really cool.
When I was in school, my former roommate went through hazing. I heard the stories, but I don't think I've seen a movie that captures the stuff that goes on.
[Songwriting is] something that I own - it's my property, it's my music, it's my voice.
When I'm [playing] a character, I can look at it and know it's not me and not be concerned with how it looks.
One of the scariest things to me was, I really feel like I'm a pretty even-keeled person with a good outlook and respect level, but in that environment, deep within the character, you see how easy it is to go to that place because you're one-upping each other and it's this heavy environment filled with young men trying to make an impression. It's dangerous. It's something that I became very conscious of afterwards.
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