People get so caught up in needing to know and having to prove themselves to be right, and I'm blown away by this.

If I've grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There's no need to explain it.

Most of my life wasn't about knowledge from books, but experiential knowledge.

Before I was 14, I wanted to be a singer, an actor, or a hockey player. By 15, I knew I was going to be a singer.

Everyone's right or wrong, Everyone's got an opinion, put them in a song and let me keep on living.

Growing up, the way that I looked was very important to me. I was always trying to impress people, and when I grew my beard there was a certain freedom, a separation, getting past this the way I looked, identify myself as a spiritual seeker.

We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put things in their box. But everything is this mixture - and that's what this world is - is this blend of different things.