I realize that I really have to make music work for me as a career because I can't do anything else.

Once I've learned all those things and gotten through the hard times, I come out feeling really powerful.

I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.

But do you ever think of me, when you lie? Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies.

Expectations are an evil thing.

My mom always puts a grapefruit in my stocking. I like grapefruit, but why put it in a stocking like it's a gift? It's almost as bad as coal.

I think, honestly, that a lot of people think I'm sad and dark all the time, because of the music I have made. But there's a huge part of my personality that's really energetic, outgoing and goofy.

I write a lot about the past because I really see things clearly in hindsight.

Writing songs for other people was never the goal for me.

Honestly, I don't recommend anyone get into music. If you have something else that you're good at, do that instead. This is a really tough world to live in.

One of my biggest problems is I get bored too easily, and I like to experiment too much, to the point where I confuse myself and I confuse my fans.

Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.

You're always haunted by the idea you're wasting your life.

If only I could fall sound asleep and wake up in my old reality!

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

But the great Master said, "I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift to each, To charm, to strengthen, and to teach".

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.

Michael Harvey should be read by all.

Marriage . . . is not a love affair; it is an ordeal. (92)

Marriages go through hard times. Sometimes you have to get in there and fight for your love. That's the only way for it to get better.

Physics was the first of the natural sciences to become fully modern and highly mathematical.Chemistry followed in the wake of physics, but biology, the retarded child, lagged far behind.