Sometimes to find the light, you have to go through the deepest darkness.

I think what a big part of 30 Seconds to Mars is, it's not only music, it's not only art, it's a community. It's a sense of having a place to belong. And not everybody will understand it, and that's ok, it's just for the people that do.

When advertising is great, it's transcendent. It's art.

I just think it's really important to be yourself and not trying to be something you're not.

It’s about getting to a point in your life where you’re ready to let go and move on and become the better version of yourself.

When I was a kid, I used to live in New York City. There was a guy named Michael Alig. He used to throw parties. And a couple of times, I even worked for him and his crew, and handed out fliers, and had my super-high shoes on, and wearing silver Saran Wrap around my head or something. It's a world I was really comfortable in: a world full of individuals. I think what I like about that world - besides my own personal interests - is the individualism, the investment in the self.

I think when Tom Ford was there I borrowed a Gucci tux one time, and they were very nice and he was very kind.