Kids are starting to dress the same, listen to the same music. I look at their Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

Identity politics are becoming less important since culture's being blended into one big thing - I look at kids' Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

I've always thought that reviews and knowing how much your fans appreciate or don't like something, that's the sugar coating. I'm trying not to think about those things.

I'm not worried about repeating myself - I'm more worried that I'd just get bored.

I see a lot of people of color in my fanbase and at all my shows, and it's really awesome.

Once you move in with your significant other, you have to become a combination of each other.

It's really cool to be around people that are younger than you who are really cool with being open about stuff.

I don't put categories on music, myself. So either people go with it or they don't, and sometimes the names sound a little silly.

Maybe one day I'll write my rock album so I can use more obscure references and just be weird. If the lyrics are too crazy, though, then it's not pop anymore.

I like to challenge myself, to see if I can actually write a pop album that people can connect with lyrically. Musically, it's very accessible - or, at least, I hope so.

I don't mind genre names. "Chillwave" is probably the last thing I would think of, but I don't mind it.

It's hard to be content with your life, when you know the world has so much more to offer.

The strange paradox of science is that it does not explain reality, it explains our fantasy. It is a beautiful thing.

One of the most liberating notions is learning how many truly do not care about you, and moreover, how the few who do care about you, marvel at your indifference.

Try to imagine what it will be like to go to sleep and never wake up... now try to imagine what it was like to wake up having never gone to sleep.

Everyone is the fabric and structure of existence.

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.

Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.

I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.

The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.