No one goes to BrooklynVegan to read about content, they just go for drama. It's a tabloid, the scum of indie.

I was really inspired by this feeling of mania, a caricature of myself that I look down upon and see negatively.

Success will come. Or it won't. But I think you can only make a go at it in a big way by fully being yourself and taking risks. People can feel risks.

Don't say yes to everything. Learn how to say no, because people respect a no.

Do not be precious about your music within your own world. Try everything you want to try; just because it exists doesn't mean it's done.

I'm gonna really enjoy bringing out the catsuit once in a while.

The only thing that deeply frustrates me is the slow speed [of major labels]. The more people involved, the slower the pace.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

It's a lot different being a hip-hop artist. You just show up with a piece of paper with your words on it, say it in the mic, then you leave and some other guy does all the music.

Everyone in our generation lives in a world where you're surrounded by all sorts of music all the time. People's tastes are made of combinations of genres.

I saw this wide-eyed girl with big ears and a pink nose who's too excited. I wanted that part of myself to sing lead.

Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.

I can't live a lie. I can't run from my life.

Your mistakes are to help you develop your purpose, not shame and guilt.

So long as we think dugout canoes are the only possibility-all that is real or can be real-we will never see the ship we will never feel the free wind blow.

The world's history is constant like the laws of nature and simple like the souls of men.

Business is a primary arrangement on God's part for people to love one another and serve one another.

Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.

When honor and truth are at odds, let truth prevail.

Can you feel the steam heat coming from my undercarriage?

Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.