I really like my life right now. I have friends around me all the time. I’ve started painting more. I’ve been working out a lot. I’ve started to really take pride in being strong. I love the album I made. I love that I moved to New York. So in terms of being happy, I’ve never been closer to that.

Maybe you're not meant to fit in. maybe you're supposed to stand out.

Happiness and confidence are the prettiest things you can wear

In a relationship each person should support the other; they should lift each other up.

I realized that I have very long arms so I can take the perfect arm-length picture with fans

I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.

At 24 I decided that my life is enough for me, and I stopped looking for some other piece to complete it. I also learned how to needlepoint ironic cross-stitches of rap lyrics and gave them to my friends as presents. I’ll let you decide which is the more important revelation.