My coolest job was when I was 12 and I was a dishwasher at the Three Pigs Bar-B-Que for $2.50 an hour. All the fleabags and stoners worked there, so that’s where I wanted to be.

I understand that coffee and cigarettes are cool, fashionable and all that. But agree the tea with cookies still taste better.

I used to like to break into other people's houses and sit in their rooms. I found it very comforting to be in someone's empty house.

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have.

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.

If you are willing to walk the path of a dreamer, then anything is possibly.