If I were a guy, it would be, you know, just a different set of problems I have to carry along.

The minute I spend any energy defending myself, explaining myself, or in the worst case scenario, trying to please those who are criticizing me, I will, you know, just fall off a cliff.

I've always felt like an outsider across the board, since day one. The challenge has been to simply not pay attention to my outsider or insider status and just do the work and play the shows and connect with the people. And not even bother to play this game of keeping score, which is what destroys you.

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

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.

How you sound. How you look. Are you fat? Those are things that could be really irritating.

I think I can define my entire life, virtuosity and business philosophy down to the core fundamental that I absolutely hate being told what to do. But like any artist or any human being out there, I desperately want to be loved, and I spend my entire life trying to balance those two facts.