It's a very strange phenomenon being hated by people you've never met. Some journalists just seem to hate me and everything I do, and it's disconcerting because I've never met this person.

Research performed on animals is, by definition, scientifically unsound.

I met Elton John at an Interview dinner, and we just sort of became friends. He's got such a wicked sense of humor.

In a perfect world, I would be 6-foot-3 and have a perfect head of hair and look like Orlando Bloom.

I'm perfectly happy for my videos to be on YouTube, whether I'm getting paid for them or not. If they're on YouTube, people will see them. If for some reason my videos get taken down from YouTube, well, I apologize. If it was up to me they'd all be up there and they'd all be free.

The main thing that excites me and makes me want to get out of bed is the thought of being able to go into my studio to work on music.

When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was fit in, but if you're perpetually an outsider, it gives you a perspective that might have a little more objectivity than people who really feel connected to their social environment in which they grow up.