I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic, but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you're going to be is sloppy or dead.

Distribution has really changed. You can make a record with a laptop in the morning and have it up on YouTube in the afternoon and be a star overnight. The talent on YouTube is incredible, and it can spread like wildfire. The downside is that it's very hard to convince the younger generation that they should pay for music.

There are a lot of people that never get their stories told.

You create the happiness and the balance that you have, and your own power. This is one thing that I know to be true.

I'm happy to have been a positive influence.

It's so thrilling. And not just the music. The Internet is changing the future of fund-raising. I'm thrilled by the potential.

I learned a lot about what it was like to have to use different hotels and not use the bathrooms, which made me more determined to be an activist.