I've been given the opportunity to be alive in this day and age, and it's rare.

Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it.

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.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I am not an artist except that when I envision a concept, I sometimes indulge it.

I'm sort of always trying to reinvent and recreate a better way of being, because, you know, democracy has been "the worst of all political systems except for all the rest." So I think we have a lot of room to grow and be a better society, and it's a constant battle. It's an exciting opportunity to be active.

Music is a language of emotion. I'm passionate about it because I think it's the most direct way to connect to the things that are ineffable. Words just aren't necessary a good enough opportunity to express. Words are maybe less than accessible at expressing.