I went to a lovely school, and I got an incredible education. And I actually think that my education is what really sets me apart, 'cause I'm very smart.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn't want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

When I travel, I have almost all of my possessions with me. That's how little I own.

I'm supposed to be, I am an artist. Yes, I'm lonely. But I'm married to my loneliness.

I started when I was really young. I was playing classical music when I was 4 and when I turned 11 I started to write pop music. I guess you could say it was my intellectual evolution and my love of music began to change.

I got a job when I was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week which in New York was impossible. So I used to waitress across the street from where I grew up.

The blurring of fantasy and reality is something that the Japanese herald in their life, in their day-to-day commercialism.