Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.

The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.

Even though I really admire what Beyonce does, and she's probably got one of the best live shows in the world - honestly! - that's so not my style.

It takes me probably about four hours to get into the groove [with making music]. And it's really important for me to not break the groove.

If I think about what other people are thinking when I'm making music, I just can't do it. It's too withheld - I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

I don't want to have to compromise my morals in order to make a living.