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

For most of human history, musicians, artists, they've been part of the community — connectors and openers, not untouchable stars.

I do what I want. I try to be nice to everybody. When I fail, I try to apologize.

When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.

I had very literal parents and I wanted to survive with metaphor and art, and there was a real sense of shame around it.

Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen.

The key is to just focus on the spots where the love is real, because you can just drive yourself crazy focusing on the negativity, focusing on the relationships that are irreparable and just aren't going to work, trying to convince the haters that you are indeed lovable. So much of that is wasted energy.