People tend to associate anyone who looks and behaves differently with illegal or immoral activity.

As a kid I just felt like an outsider.

I believe nothing happens by accident. My fame has happened for a reason. My fans are my kindred spirits in revolution. If anyone chooses to ignore the message or the messenger, they do so at their own risk. Believe it or not, there are many more people out there that understand what I am trying to do than society wants to admit. The way I live my life represents a much bigger part of America than anyone would care to imagine

Everybody feels like [a misfit] at different points in their life. If you feel like who you are is right for you, then you are beautiful.

When I was a kid I think the thing I remembered most about The Exorcist was Linda Blair being possessed by the devil, and how scary that was. It had a lot of parallels for me because the movie was challenging different ideas about faith and it was looking at religion in a darker way. Growing up I was afraid of being possessed by the devil, as an adult I'm afraid of being possessed by the world, by ignorance, and not holding on to my beliefs and what I feel strongly about.

Sell your soul to yourself. You'll make more money.

Once I threw a water bottle from the stage into the audience, and it hit Tony Bennett in the head. It was a special moment for me.