The perfect tools aren't going to help us if we can't face each other and give and receive fearlessly, but more important, to ask without shame.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

If I simply do what I've always done, it's never failed me.

There's a part of me that is really, really happy with all of my success lately because of what it can get me and what it can buy me in the fact that my music will hopefully reach more people. But it also makes me a little bit miserable because the minute the spotlight is on you, people start flinging sh*t at you for whatever reason.

When you're afraid of someone's judgment, you can't connect with them. You're too preoccupied with the task of impressing them.

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

All of my music, my stage show, my personality, my blog, my twitter feed, anything that's made me me, and a huge part of why people like and respect me, is that I just don't spend much energy on that other stuff. It's not worth it. It's a losing battle too. You're just screwed the minute you engage.