I felt pissed off because I realized that you have to teach people in a clichéd way how to be happy-and happiness has become too one thing in American media. Achieving happiness is not really about having a flat stomach and the best car.

That divide between the rich and poor is so crazy, because even white kids are suffering now.

Retirement: a brand new beginning! How wonderful!

I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.

I'm not sticking up for white kids - I'm going to have a barrage of hate mail - but it's true. If you're poor, you're really poor.

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.

Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?