If you're mourning, cry, scream and purge whatever is going on inside you emotionally. That's part of the process. And keep those that love you very close as you go through it.

I just try and get better and better at me with every album.

For me, when I want to be emotionally moved by a vocal, I don't want to hear auto tune on it, I want to hear the beautiful imperfections.

I think the one thing for me that's been working is just authenticity.

I don't really chase trends and fads because they are fleeting.

I've learned in my older age how to let it go when things don't work out, because something incredible that I don't know about yet is probably right around the corner.

One of the least enjoyable things for me to do is to talk about myself.

Being a parent is not easy, but speaking for myself, it's a wonderful blessing and the most rewarding job I've ever had.

I like to leave all of my soul on the stage where I perform.

I think that whatever you do, if you're a singer, a rapper, an architect, dentist, treat that like when you're doing it, your whole career depends on that moment.

My wife and I are parents to a 4 year old and a 2 year old. It's really important for me to always be there for bath time and breakfast time and on the weekends.

It doesn't matter who you were or what you've done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.

One of the things that has been truly incredible to observe though, is the amount of venture investment that has gone into early stage security technology.

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.

Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.

Some imagine the difference between heaven and hell to be a matter of geography. Not so. The difference is much more evident in the individuals who dwell there.

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre.

Summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people.

I always wanted to be really experimental.

Mistakes - mistakes - you yourself are a unique mistake!