Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.

No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

Success will come. Or it won't. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

I'm gonna really enjoy bringing out the catsuit once in a while.

The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.

I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.

From nothing comes everything.

I am the Walker and the Maze.

Man - a figment of God's imagination.

I talk to God and make deals with him every time I gamble. Otherwise, I leave him alone.

You have to let the big ones make up for your mistakes.

My favorite Dominican dish to indulge in is anything with crab.

When we realize that we are children of the covenant, we know who we are and what God expects of us.

Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.

Almost every Monday I have a charity thing. I like that. I do.