I'm very much a homebody so once I have my home set up how I want it, that's my zen, my comfy little nest where I drink my wine and watch my Netflix.

The more you get into conversations with people, you find out they've been brainwashed by the news and they don't actually know any better.

I lived in a small city on the Mississippi River across from Iowa, so I didn't have a country upbringing, but in high school we would go drink kegs in cornfields.

I don't want to get into an argument at the bar with some old racist homophobic person.

You need to get out of your comfort zone, return to the Midwest, see some family, and, as cheesy as it sounds, work the land - plant some trees, maybe take up watercolor.

Because I can isolate and be a bit of a loner, [my ideal] is finding some sense of community where I'm one of many and where my skills are equally as important and valuable.

Sometimes people think, "You don't get to have it all, you don't get to be happy, life's a struggle," but what if it's not?