I could make a whole album with no one else involved at all. It would be a total, unadulterated expression of myself. Because whenever you have others playing on a project, their influence becomes a part of it.

For a long time, music was hope. Now it seems music isn't enough to make me happy. It used to be that's all I needed to keep going. Now I need other things to take up the other parts of my life.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

My dad was depressed a lot of the time, and there were a lot of things in his life that he never resolved.