People in L.A. don't have to brace themselves against the cold; they slack off permanently, and their brains turn to mush.

If life is a performance, and I am not an actor, am I supposed to lie down and die?

To make big steps, you've got to take action yourself and not listen to other people.

It may seem strange, but the most grateful I've ever felt was when I was held up at gunpoint. After I handed over my wallet and the mugger ran off into the woods, I thought, 'Thank you for not shooting me.' I was overwhelmingly glad to be alive and unharmed.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

I want to paint. That is probably going to sound so pretentious coming from someone who's been a musician.

I finished 'Beautiful Creature,' and I felt somewhat unfulfilled. I felt like this other side of me needed to be released. Some of the songs I left off the album weren't intense enough to be what I wanted. They weren't hard enough.