You do have to live through things, and to live through things is to observe want, and to observe lacking. Even if the hunger is a curiosity.

Rihanna has guts and she always seems to be singing from someplace honest, dark and fierce.

I always felt that the most common thread in my life from when I was young until now has been a highly observant, very analytical mind.

No matter what people are struggling with, or based on whatever. Sexuality, ethnicity, economic status, size. I don't wish smallness for anyone. It's a terrible place to live.

I have to erase my Google search histories, because they always lead to an obituary.

I think we as people struggle for what is meaningful in our lives, and I think that modern, contemporary life is as easy as it's ever been, for many, many people, and the amount of physical exertion, for most people, is less than it's ever been. I think that there is something about the ritual of making things more difficult that people find meaning in.

As a kid, before I got into music, I did all the drama classes, went to theater camp in the summers, so it wasn't totally a foreign world.