I'd been used to this idea of destructive performance art instead of a slick, good-sounding show. So, I became frustrated as I felt I'd been doing the shows wrong. That sucked.

I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not set out to do that. But, it was real and it was what was happening.

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.

I love karaoke; you have to wail when you do karaoke.

Back in the day, no one had digital cameras. They took these pictures of me, got them developed, and then mailed them to me.

It was really bizarre for me to go from being a very private and obscure person and then to be in any way on the internet - like having my picture or videos online.

What would I reclaim America as? I do want it to be a diverse country.

Writing music is always really helpful for me. It always reveals to me how I am feeling.

When I like a musician I want to see a picture or a video of them.

Maybe some people are better off in obscurity than trying to keep on expanding.

I don't want to be in my 'interview zone' mode. I've been doing a lot of interviews and I'm very self-aware of how I'm coming across.

The universe will never force a mindset on you. You have complete free agency to choose fear and suffer unnecessarily if you want to.

When people say they take hits and flops in their stride, I personally feel that they are just lying. Of course, I'm upset when my movies flop. I take it very personally.

The right to be irresponsible and stupid is something I hold very dear. And luckily it is something I do well.

Anything you're interested in the world whether it be Charlie rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop, they're on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.

To see what isn't true is easy. But to see what is true will take some doing.

We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle.

The curiosity of knowing things has been given to man for a scourge.

The cosmic calendar is quite a fertile mode for communicating how small we are over time and space.

I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like the feel of butterflies' bodies.

Seek your own Reality, That is what a wise man should do.