I don't stream or buy CDs pretty much everything I buy, I do it on iTunes.

Being a producer is a very different experience than writing my own songs.

I believe that artists should be paid for their creativity. There's no other industry where people can come in and take what you create for free and give it away for free and that's acceptable.

Make yourself look really stupid so you don't feel bad doing something a little stupid.

Every single day that you walk outside your house is something new and different and exciting.

Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them.

I kinda like the duality of California and the dark side, the underbelly of California.