I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well.

People ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really young age. Look at the drive that people have to get sex - to dress like this and get a haircut and be in the club in the freezing cold at 3 A.M., the places they go to pick up a girl. If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic

I looked at Justin, and I was like: “Do you want me to go onstage for you?"

When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them.

I really liked the sound of some projects that Jon Brion had worked on. I was always considered this crazy hothead kid, but I would always just go and just really break bread with someone who I respected. I will completely bow to anybody I respect.

I wake up every day trying to give something back to you that you can rock to and be proud of.

I fervently believe that, as someone has said before, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.