A dramatic thing, the first time you stand up to your dad.

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.

People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.

Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through.

You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like.

I've woken up from dreams and the whole song is there. I'm listening to it in my dreams. I consciously have to wake myself up and get a tape recorder because I hear it like a record.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

For the last few years, it's been so chic for everybody to be miserable. Like if you're in with the cool crowd, you can't be happy.

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.