If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind. Something's been triggered in them to react so emotionally.

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.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

My parents offered me the idea of ceilinglessness. There was no limit in terms of what was possible; no messages sent to me to say that I couldn't do anything.

I just feel compelled to continue to be transparent. It just really levels the playing field and eradicates the shame that I have, or that one might have, about being human. So I'm going to just keep going.

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

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