The more my fans know about my past, the more they'll be able to predict and understand some of the moves I make in the future.

I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. I think on some level, you'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless.

If you consider yourself a part of the culture, then finances can't allow you to be bigger than the actual art form.

They don't understand the process I went through and how much I had to believe in myself.

I'd like to connect with music like I did in the beginning. To have that intensity again, to have a song that comes on at 1 o'clock in the morning and it's the premiere song at that point. It's almost magic because, when you condition for it, it doesn't take long for you to write the content that everyone in the world can agree on at one time.

Be prepared to do whatever you have to do. If you get put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let your gun go off.

Your opinion of yourself becomes your reality. If you have all these doubts, then no one will believe in you and everything will go wrong. If you think the opposite, the opposite will happen. It’s that simple.