I'm not always open to creative input when I have my heart set on a creative idea or a message I want to convey.

I'm not really a very social person. It exhausts me when I'm out.

I care about making music and I care about creating experiences for my fans with my music and my videos and my performances.

Matter flows from place to place, and momentarily comes together to be you.

I want to make honest music and tell honest stories that hopefully reflect the thoughts and feelings other people have.

What puts my mind at rest is knowing I'm a person of integrity. I really do stand for what I say I stand for. I'm real!

Control is as much an effect as a cause, and the idea that control is something you exert is a real handicap to progress

The poetry of life must not be replaced with matter-of-fact prose.

I did a handful of photo shoots and I never made any money for it just because I was trying to build a portfolio. I decided that that's not what I wanted to do.

When people have expectations, you're going to make a lot of them upset - when in fact I'm not trying to represent anybody but myself.

Everyone has to learn to work with people - it's part of being an adult, too.

Happiness is such a fragile thing, isn't it? So easily burst, like a bubble blown by a child, and always on the verge of being carried away.

Read. Learn. Write. Travel.

I think the influence of books is neither direct and more predictable. Books themselves are too unruly, and so are readers.

I think every person should have some faith inside him, in his heart. What matters is not an external display of this faith, but the inner state of the soul.

You have a choice in life very often whether you do good or you feel good.

I quite agree with you. The sun is not kind. God should use a rose amber spot.

One fan sent me one tooth, so I made a necklace out of it. But then I found a bunch of my baby teeth, and started realizing I would love to wear a piece of my fans' bodies on me.

You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.