I always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.

Popular culture is filled with girls.

The most rabidly religious people are the most rabidly evil.

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.

In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.

Motivation is just this potion to create stuff, a compulsion to express the truth of my own experiences in this life.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.