That's the weird thing about music: It's never for anyone to own.

I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it.

I don't mind throwing something away. It should be your best or it should be what you want people to hear and something that's good for people.

If we all can figure out how to work together then we are the embodiment of salvation for our entire planet. We have the capabilities of it. That's the gist of it.

No one holds the power. Just because they might give you a bit of money every now and then doesn't mean that they have the right to change what you do.

Maybe 80 percent of what we conceive to be a song idea or the meaning of a song is not exactly what the artist meant most of the time. It's not bad - people can take what they want from it.

LA is an intense city. I was probably a bit too sensitive. I didn't have any friends so I was keeping pretty low key. I just whipped myself up into a bit of an emotional frenzy.