The cool thing too, as you get older, you get way better at identifying who's an ally and who isn't. And who has good, positive, "let's make all this sh*t better and let's try to have fun and fix sh*t" people as opposed to "let's sit around and b*tch and berate" people.

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

If you love people enough, they will give you everything.

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 maintain couchsurfing and crowdsurfing are basically the same thing — you're falling into the audience and you're trusting each other.

I was just a very dark kid. My family was complicated.

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time.