We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that's a beautiful thing. We're all trading off each other's culture, so no matter what lines you put--country indie rock, rap, we're all somehow gonna find a way to come together.

I smoked some weed, and that's how I finished 'Izzo.'

I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair.

You can't turn a bad girl good, but once a good girls' gone bad, she's gone forever.

[T]he truth is you don't need some external demon to take control of you to turn you into a raging, money-obsessed sociopath, you only need to let loose the demons you already have inside of you.

It's always been most important for me to figure out "my space" rather than trying to check out what everyone else is up to, minute by minute. Technology is making it easier to connect to other people, but maybe harder to keep connected to yourself-- and that's essential for any artist, I think.

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.