What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

Tabloids can be fun. I see stuff sometimes and have a good laugh.

I've always been a very rebellious, philosophical person, so my mother set the foundation for my appreciation for nature and my empathy for other people. But then, being a sort of rebellious, philosophical thinker, I'm always looking for new ways to shake things up. So I feel like I'm really lucky to be alive in a time where there's so much opportunity to disrupt and shake it up. It's sort of a combination between that and having the foundation that my mother gave me.

Because when you go out, and you have fun, basically you're performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi. And when you perform and create this story, they're chuffed - they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

I'm a self-taught musician, so I never really had the restrictions of any one instrument. I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with 'em.

In the new music landscape, with is the democratization of the internet and music in general, I think it can be a lot more collaborative.