And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune.

When I was 11 years old and I was on a road trip with my family. I turned to my dad and said, "Do you believe in Adam and Eve?" And he said he didn't think so. I remember that felt like a slap in the face, because if my parents questioned Adam and Eve, then they potentially questioned everything within Catholicism. Eventually that idea led to my feeling liberated, but at that time it was very scary.

When we [people] are operating from the belief that we're not connected, it feels so dangerous and scary and vulnerable and awful.

In the past, I had workaholic issues.