I remember writing 'All I Want Is You' and hoping it would get me out of trouble. I haven't stopped writing songs or getting into trouble since.

College is for finding yourself. I've established who I want to be.

I want to go to Berkeley and major in music.

My style philosophy is: Be comfortable.

I love to dress myself. I have a unique style, but I don't try to do that - I just put on whatever I feel good in that day.

I'm a bargain shopper.

I never even went to high school because I went straight from middle school into the music business. I don't really know what it is supposed to be like.

[I can't start the day without] checking my cellphone... I love messages!

Can't sleep unless the TV is on.

Even though I am going to miss out on my prom or I am going to miss out on walking across stage to accept my diploma, that's OK to me because I know I will have other perks in life.

I want to be around for a long time, I don't want to be a flash in the pan. I hope I'll be 50 years old and still making music.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

IF you Salute your work,You do not have to salute anybody. IF you pollute your work,You have to salute everybody.

You don't gamble to win. You gamble so you can gamble the next day.

.... When you have no voice, you don't exist

Crazy people are not crazy if one accepts their reasoning.

Currently, 94 out of 100 of us pay the Social Security tax all year round.

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

You can't imagine how gratifying it is to have a reader come up to you and say, 'You changed my life.'

I'm a sci-fi guy. But I like fantasy too.

The United States deserves nothing but love and adoration and gold medals left and right and peace prizes left and right, things we never get.