The most outragous thing that I could imagine ever doing is putting on a pair of jeans and going to the shopping mall for my lunch

I do have a lot of sexual imagery in my performance. But I don't think it's ever encouraging anyone to have sex. I think I just show my own sexuality, but I don't think I've ever really written about having sex or anything like that.

As a kid I just felt like an outsider.

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.

Living in Hollywood, it's easy to have someone flatter you. That doesn't help me.

If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first.

If everyone can make music. Make better music.