I think pain is the best feeling for song writing. You can write good happy songs, but I think the kind of bruiting, depressing ones are more effective. They are easier to write when I am impassioned and angry. It is a good way to channel that negative energy.

Every male secretly wants sex with Brad Pitt.

I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.

I'm fiercely independent, but I'm also terrified of being alone.

I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.

People always - when you rise, whenever you're getting to a point where you're a very big band, which is a very rare thing, there are always going to be people that aren't going to like you.

Before I go on stage, I pretend that everyone loves me.