If I wasn’t making music I would probably be in the woods with a big deer….Talking to myself.

I come from a visual background, and I grew up around a lot of hippies and artists. My mom and my brother and I moved around a lot. We basically moved every couple of years, and I went to a lot of different schools. But creativity, for us, was always a way of life. It was never a job. Being an artist was a passion and a way of life.

Never think about something wrong you did in the past, always look forward with your head up high; have no regrets.

Art is really predicated upon the experiences that you've had in your life. You only have to share what you've consumed.

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.

So many people have tried to get happiness and serenity from outside things; it's pretty much common knowledge that is a road to nowhere. I've never heard anybody say, 'Fame made me the complete person I am.' Well, I'm sure people have said it, but nobody I respect.

You know you’re really famous when there’s rumors about you being gay.