I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete I once was. I'm integrating all the parts of me - jock, musician, writer, poet, philosopher - and becoming stronger as a result.

All I can promise myself and everyone else is that this record is a snapshot of thisperiod in my life. It will be that by default.

I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.

I'm lost, but I'm hopeful.

It's not hard to feel afraid and insecure. I still fight an inner-critic voice, definitely. I hear it a lot.

I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be.

I was born in '74, so I missed out on all the great early '60s and early '70s.