I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.

There are very few interviews I turn down, because I really dig talking to people and hanging out.

Everything I read about me is what I say. The way I've come across is exactly who I am. So far, they haven't skewed it to be one way or another too much.

I think people are basically unhappy working their jobs, and we all need to have that thing that gets our juices flowing.

Stop thinking you have to go to big industry to have a big life, because it's not the truth.

Everything I'm doing now is something I did before, only it's bigger now.

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.