I had developed manic depression [bipolar disorder] ... and the main symptoms the constant voice in the head telling you to kill yourself.

I'm a great cleaner. I'm actually kind of addicted to cleaning. I could clean anything.

You have to hide what you are and it's really stressful and very bad for your self esteem. Because it's not obvious to people that you are ill, they treat you as if you're a pain in the ass, then you beat yourself up and you are already beating yourself up as a part of mental illness.

I only feel better because people aren't being so abusive to me about my weight.

What I hope is to really focus on being a songwriter. I'd love to write songs for other people; that's something I'd really like to start doing.

The irony is that musical artists have enormous public voices, but behind the scenes we're voiceless, actually.

Nobody gets between me and my microphone.