I know it's simple, but my main inspiration is just my love of music. I know that sounds overly naive. But it's true.

In the past I've had public feuds with people, and I have really not benefited from any of them. The feud with Eminem did kind of torpedo my career in the United States, but it also introduced me to Middle America in a way I never could have conceived of.

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

There are so many musicians, friends of mine, who play shows for ten people a night, or always desperately wanted a record contract. So even if every person on the planet loathes me, I have nothing to complain about. My job is not a bad job, so I can't complain.

I like to quote Homer Simpson: 'I'm like a chocoholic except for alcohol.' I come from a long line of alcoholics. It's funny because when I first started making records, I was at the tail end of a period of sobriety, so I somehow got this reputation as Captain Sober.

Never have public feuds with anyone who's surrounded by people who carry guns.

Some of the songs I've made, I'm really disappointed in how I mixed them.