I remember being a teenager and being really impressed by "let's sit around and b*tch" people, and I have so little time for those people nowadays.

When you trust people to help you, they often do.

The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.

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.

Eat the pain. Send it back into the void as love.

There's really no honor in proving that you can carry the entire load on your own shoulders. Andit's lonely.

One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.