I’ve always been interested in leaders and rule breakers and artists and politicians.

Dream big while you sleep, and even bigger when you're awake.

I thought it would be a great opportunity to work with someone that I really like and really respect as an artist [like Alessandro Michele].

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 was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.

There are some people who might look better if you smacked them in the head with a baseball bat.

I'm pretty healthy so I think that helps a lot. I've been that way for a long time - 20 solid years of eating vegetarian/vegan and taking care of myself. That probably helps the preservation process.