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

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

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.

Books are the mirrors of the soul.

Every sensation makes a person who they are. Even pain.

The word genius was whispered into my ear the first things I ever Heard while I was still mewling in my crib, laughs Orson (Welles), so it never occured to me that I wasn't until middle age

Solitude led to retrospective thinking, and if the past is what you are trying to get away from, then constant distractions in the present are needed.

Set politics and party aside: If it's not right for Michigan's small businesses and middle class, it's never been right with me.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.

I might respect you as a brilliant intellect, runner, musician or juggler. But respect your BELIEFS? Only if they're supported by evidence.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it

Our call is to be God's agents, to rescue not only the human race but the whole of creation.