Art gives people a reason to be alive.

There's nothing that anyone could say about me that would hurt my feelings.

I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy.

The record is about seeing death and growing from it, and in the end, being strong and being alive.

I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.

I've always had a desire to be provocative and to make people think, but it wouldn't be any challenge for me just to be shocking. That is where it begins for me, not where it stops. And I could be much more shocking. I think I've adopted a sense of subtlety. I don't sit around wondering how I can make myself even stranger to the world. I've simply evolved into the monster I created, and I'm quite happy with it.

I remember growing up, saying you’re an artist it sounds pretentious but now it’s one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.