Everything I do is very visual and very aural, so I don't read music, and I draw as much as I write out lyrics.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

I make mistakes. I say stupid things. I do idiotic things. And, quite frankly, I'm proud of them. Why not make mistakes?

I realize that of all people, I am no expert on parenting or marriage.

Sometimes I dress like what I want for lunch, because all I can think about is having a tuna sandwich.

I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

When you're not part of a club, you have to find another way of surviving.

I have opinions on everything. I'm a stubborn old mule. The biggest problem is keeping my mouth shut.

The stage is my territory, my boxing ring. That's where I'm free.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

In my house you have to talk to cats because, being ten of them, there are a lot of important things you have to say to them-like 'Get off' and 'Shut up' and things like that.

The fact is that the culture does not have only positive effects on our intellectual and moral functions but also negative effects.

Love and hatred don't take turns; they exist side by side at the same time. And one's duty, one's obligation every day, is to choose to follow the nobler one.

Can you really see and hear Him, or is He still the Unknown God to you? It’s time for an awakening.

There, that's better. Now you look like the wild scrub that fell into my life." "Because you loosened the vent's screws." "Best. Decision. Ever.

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

People are afraid of changing; that they're losing something. They don't understand that they are also gaining something.

Surround yourself with people whose definition of you is not based on your history, but your destiny.

The key to lying skillfully is never lie to yourself.