The important thing isn't that your technically great, I think it's the power of your expression.

Not everybody is going to love what you do, but you have to be yourself, that's what's most important. Bring it as hard as you can.

Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols.

Speak with your own voice and be as unique as you possibly can.

I really try towork with an artist who is trying to create a long legacy of quality rather than trying to jump aboard a trend.

Punk rock and metal has always been a home to me, it's where I cut my teeth; and those are the friends that I have, and the bands that I love.

I recognize that no matter how old I get, how many records I've done, or what the public perception of me is, there are still exciting things that I haven't done.

Give your stuff away and if it's good, people will come to you.

In fact, many musicians are the happiest when the artist and audience re-interpret or re-imagine the content of the songs.

I take myself seriously and want my image to me more than just something aesthetically suited towards selling records.

It's my intention to make something stand outside the realm of album art, but it also feels comfortable to me to be in it. It's tricky and definitely a requires striking a delicate balance.

The Responsibility Of The Local Church Is To Help People Discover What They Are Created For

Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die

I'm able to reach a wider audience, an older audience. I can gladly say that I'm definitely not a bubblegum princess anymore.

I was the first person to go to university from my family.

What we call wildness is a civilization other than our own.

Whatever I think of, I dismember.

I grew up in North Carolina being told that the Bible approves slavery and segregation, that it was the will of God.

The arrow of Marxist-Leninism must be used to hit the target of the Chinese Revolution.

In terms of how [Allied] looks, it's fantastic and much better than I had hoped because it's so lush and so beautifully executed.

I do a lot of TV stuff, but I also turn a lot down - it's got to be an adventure.