I sang "Patience" by Guns N' Roses for my sixth grade talent show and I wanted to be an actor when I was younger. It was all very, very theatrical. It was only later that I separated the two and thought of myself as quite the opposite of an actor.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

It's not illegal to be an asshole.

In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.

I had my gothy phase, but I was never a troublemaker or anything like that.

I definitely don't feel a sense of jealousy or competition, and that's a really good feeling.

I do enjoy my solo time ... I want to stay home and do soundtracks and watch TV in my underwear with a keyboard on my lap and just be a couch potato.