I don't have a 10-octave range. No human being has a 10-octave range.

There are things I believe in to a certain extent, as much as a scientist would. And I like, through the means of entertainment, to explore those ideas.

In the absence of truth there is confusion, the essence of truth.

I'm always trying to see things from different peoples' perspectives, to understand why they love something.

Whatever encourages people to become more interested in who they are and discovering who they are, as opposed to just accepting what people or things are saying what they are. That's fascinating to me.

In the past, I was definitely more apt to storing pain away and not worrying about it. But as I get older, it's really about figuring out how to process it, how to feel it, and then also how to use it in my art.

Religions are the training wheels of self enlightenment. They can be helpful in the beginning but at some point they must be let go.