If someone writes a nice review of my record, I feel like I should take them out to dinner or go over and clean their apartment.

There are so many causes. Gun control, climate change, deforestation, animal welfare, human welfare, education. Working on the big issues is noble and great, but being aware of what’s going on around you right at this moment, being kind to the people around you, extending compassion and decency, not just to everyone you meet but also to yourself—I think that’s one of the biggest challenges most people face.

I truly don't judge other people's actions. But I think that factory farming is an abomination.

It's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers, you know?

I walk out my front door in New York and I'm out on the street and there are people everywhere. L.A. is so much more spread out, so it's really easy in L.A. to have a little more isolation and to just not see as many people.

There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done.

I feel like people might be slightly less inclined to hate me as much as they did in the past, and I think part of that is selling fewer records.