The universe is expanding, and every second that you're alive, the universe is bigger than it was a second before. There's nothing in front of us, exactly, other than the future, and there's no space for the size, the density of the universe to go. Because it's expanding at every point simultaneously.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

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

I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events.

As soon as you start to think of that thing that you want to convey or say, you can always just say it much better than you can actually rhyme it or stuff it into a song. It's very, very difficult to just kind of get your point across without going the back way. And you have to be good at that, to not think about things so hard. Let the pen take over, so that it's somebody else's job to dissect the lyrics and tell you what you're all about.

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.

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