God is in control and knowing that at the end of the day what happens - whether I'm comfortable with it or not or afraid of it or not - that God is in control.

Truth is, I cut my hair for freedom, not for beauty.

Lately though I've been in love with myself and I've become my own best friend.

I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.

I have epiphanies all the time, because I'm always thinking. I'm a thinker. I'm always writing poetry, I'm always coming to conclusions.

I like Bloomingdales, and I like a store called Scoop.

If you want to put out a song that you wrote yesterday tomorrow, go on Twitter, type in a new URL, and give it to the people!

I used to be so afraid to say what I really think.

I rarely do things based on what everybody else is doing; I never have.

When you're an artist you're speaking about life, you're talking about your experience here on the planet. So essentially, that's what I do when I'm writing songs.

When I was in school I used to prank my teachers all the time. But I was really, really nice. I love to make people laugh. And even in those pranks, the teachers would laugh most of the time.

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm in the real world all rests on perseverance.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

I did not lose myself all at once.

There's no point starting something you don't intend to finish.

There is no safe standard to tell man from animals.

You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people.

To unmask the deceit of every instinct for preservation is to procure salvation for humanity in nothingness.. ..Nothingness must be defined as the absense of all willing.

Women are just different. Their sensibilities are different.

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me.

We're not like the distance guys. I have a very simple approach. I don't overcomplicate. People ask me, are you doing 42 steps, 44 steps for 100 metres? I don't know.