I don't do intoxicants on tour too often. It slows me down mentally, and it feels like killing brain cells.

Identity politics are becoming less important since culture's being blended into one big thing - I look at kids' Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

I've always thought that reviews and knowing how much your fans appreciate or don't like something, that's the sugar coating. I'm trying not to think about those things.

I'm not worried about repeating myself - I'm more worried that I'd just get bored.

I see a lot of people of color in my fanbase and at all my shows, and it's really awesome.

Once you move in with your significant other, you have to become a combination of each other.

It's really cool to be around people that are younger than you who are really cool with being open about stuff.

I don't put categories on music, myself. So either people go with it or they don't, and sometimes the names sound a little silly.

Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore.

Kids are starting to dress the same, listen to the same music. I look at their Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

I like to challenge myself, to see if I can actually write a pop album that people can connect with lyrically. Musically, it's very accessible - or, at least, I hope so.

Reveal the timeless beauty of Nature’s special places.

I don't care what people say about how I look or even their opinion on my relationship. But the moment you judge my character is when we have a problem.

We were motivated by our mentors to go an extra mile.

The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.

I can only control what I do. I can try to suggest and be open, but trust is the key.

Nothing can compare in beauty, and wonder, and admirableness, and divinity itself, to the silent work in obscure dwellings of faithful women bringing their children to honor and virtue and piety.

Remind your self. Nobody constructed like you, you style your self.

If these poems repeat themselves, then so does Spring.

I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.

Do not say that every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to dying. Every day you spend on this earth is a day closer to finally living.