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.

Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt.

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

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.

I think the thing you're seeing now with the music industry is that the people who have tight-knit communities are now able to really hold each other up because of the internet tools. And the really top-down pyramid scheme of major labels and typical superstars isn't sustainable anymore because the system has collapsed.

I think one of the greatest gifts you can give to someone is just access to the possibility of freedom that you don't have to be totally depressed and enslaved by your own environment.

We are human and our nature is to air...