I'm a product of my environment.

The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to do and what the sounds are that I'm trying to capture.

There's always room for improvement. I'm always focused on the results, and those are the precise things that I don't really experience as a part of the performance.

I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry.

I always wanted to get into rock music so I could cover up my real personality, change my voice, and create a false self to hide behind.

I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself.

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show.

I'm not dissatisfied, just not satisfied in an ultimate sense.

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.

I procrastinate, and I push writing to the last available moment, because I don't like to settle on anything. I guess you can call it indecision or you can call it holding out for inspiration.

The darkness always lies.

There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.

No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.

I got into a Broadway show before I ever sang and danced. I learned how after I got in the show.

Someone should make a Kickstarter to get Taylor Swift a booty.

I have decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.

When she needed help most, she was abandoned.

Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.

Right now we're in the midst of a grand experiment on how best to harness the incredible power of the Internet while we struggle to maintain useful boundaries among the different parts of our lives.

And there's the fallacy of existence: the idea that one could be happy forever and age with a given situation or series of accomplishments.