The way that I sing, what I sing about, what I wear, who I am, this is me. I was born this way.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.

It’s not that I’ve been dishonest, it’s just that I loathe reality.

We wanted to make something that sounded perfect because of the quality of the emotion...the honesty.

She [my mother] said, "You are fiercely protective of your inventions because you are your fans." She helped me understand my own feelings. When someone has pulled the wool over my eyes, I feel that they have pulled the wool over the eyes of millions of fans around the world. She helped me to forgive. You can't force people to have the same world consciousness and awareness as you do.

Love is an interesting thing. Perhaps I've never been in love before - I don't really know? I think I have. I guess it's subjective in that way.

You start to become successful, and everybody starts to drive your money train to the bank, and they're not thinking anymore about what you want as an artist or if any of that even matters to you. It genuinely upsets people in my life that I don't care about money, and that's not my problem.