I have built my world through Native American mythology.

Sometimes listening to music can motivate you. It can. But if you're a musician, that isn't always the way to get new ideas because you don't want to take somebody else's ideas. You need to find your own. So if you go to different artistic mediums, whether it's dance or it's visual arts or films or books, stories, sometimes it gets you hearing things, hearing progressions that you wouldn't come up with if you were just listening to other music because you don't want to copy progressions you've just heard.

I had a very strict upbringing with my dad and was very close to my mum, who was extremely loving.

I hurt myself today to see if I could feel. I hurt myself, you said to try to make him feel. So I hurt myself again to see if he'd see me. I hurt myself again and no, he never could see me.

Anger is natural. It's part of the force. You just have to learn to hang out with it.

An ounce of breast milk is even more potent than the finest tequila.

I don't know what a shrink would call me. I don't want to know.