Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes.

Sometimes seeming happy can be self-destructive even when you're sane.

You can't change people, but most importantly, unless you're their momma, you don't even know what's best for them.

Privilege and complacency paralyze me with fear sometimes.

I feel like the kindest thing that I do to my voice is sing.

I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans.

You know, your first album is about really amazing things. Your first album is always about coming of age, first love, first loss, usually you suffer a first loss of someone that you love to death, even, you know, really big life lessons, things you learn from your parents' divorce or from the travels that you took.