They think I'm being serious when actually I'm a very big clown. But you have to know me to see that. I'm constantly cracking up and cracking everybody else around me up.

That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be.

I had no idea 'The Hunger Games' was so big. I didn't even know the book. I had been living under my own rock.

I come in with this rock 'n' roll-oriented music, and it's not black enough . . . I've always had to deal with this black-white thing.

If you heard my records and no one told you, I don't think you'd know whether it's a band or one guy.

You've got your entourage and people that help you make whatever happen around you. Everything's crazy and you're not paying attention to your inner feelings because you're so busy. I couldn't take it.

The fans of 'The Hunger Games,' of the book, are very passionate. It's funny: Even at my concerts there are people holding up 'Cinna' signs.