I would stare into the bright lights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would be me up there one day.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

I'm not a sandwich store that only sells turkey sandwiches. I sell a lot of different things.

I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it.

I am so excited to extend myself behind the scenes as a designer, and to - as my father puts it - finally have a real job.

I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

So there's nothing more provocative than taking a genre that everybody who's cool hates - and then making it cool.