There's this corporate machine giving us a chance to access radio - though there's no guarantee.

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.

Why would you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

Geniuses are a dime a dozen. The truly tolerant are rare.

No scientist thinks in formulae.

It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason.

Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.

What you think about when you don't think, shows who you really are.

Jesus spoke to those who had turned their backs on history. He spoke to those who had blatantly ignored sign after sign, servant after servant.

Khomeini has offered us the opportunity to regain our frail religion ... faith in the power of words.

Your business will only get as big as the shadow of your character.

Would you exalt your profession, exalt those who labor with you...increase the salaries of the women engaged in the noble work of educating our future presidents, senators and congressmen.