You can pout about the way the world is as long as you want, but that's not going to change it. You've got to figure it out.

I tried to just do things like make some money, be responsible, help out other artists who I see have had a similar path.

I envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them.

I was been raised to believe I was an artist. I believed what my parents said and fulfilled it, like a prophecy.

I've learned that I shouldn't shrink from success. Though honestly I thought they'd be knocking on my door years ago.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about.