I didn't put out this album because I wanted everybody to know I was grown up. I'm 21 and that's not grown up.

We've been in that situation where you're just so happy to be doing what you love to do that you get taken advantage of.

I would never do anything just for spite.

Nobody dressed like my dad. When he worked at the bank, he looked like Richard Gere in Gigolo. And he would do it all the night before, laying out the suit he'd wear the next day. Even on weekends, if he had to go into the office, he'd wear a trouser pant with a V-neck sweater and tie. And I was like, I want to dress like that! He was just so cool.

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

The gray area, the place between black and white - that's the place where life happens.

"Celebrity" is sort of an idea. I mean, I get to do something extraordinary, but I don't think it makes me extraordinary. That's my opinion. I like to be an artist, I like to do things that are involved in the arts, but I don't think it makes me more special than a doctor, for example. A doctor is an extraordinary person. Doctors should be celebrities. We just entertain people. They save lives.