You get depressed because you know that you're not what you should be.
I've never treated anyone in my band like they're not on the same level as me. I'm not that kind of person. In the past, I have disrespected people in my band and that was my weakness. I think some people have a hard time understanding how I think.
My pain's not ashamed to repeat itself
Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.
Leave me in a room with some crayons and I'll draw on the wall.
Mechanical Animals for me documents the repair of my emotions, the repair of my soul, and this record does deal with God in a different way. It deals with me finding God in art, and in music. I think there's more spirituality in art than you could find in a church