I love everybody. You have to embrace all facets of humanity; love and accept everyone as being part of yourself..

If somebody ever says something is a mature theme, it's bound to not be. I mean, you shouldn't fall for that. You can make it sound mature, but anyth….

From day one, I was already famous in my own head. It didn't take anything to make me feel that way. I know I'm totally not famous. I mean, it just d….

During those formative times, I really didn't know what was going on, and I was sort of torn in a thousand different directions with how I felt about….

The music usually occurs to me as a complete sound, and then I have developed the skill of being able to translate that into a fully realized song..

I get to live down my reputation for being cantankerous if I slowly evolve towards being a really good live show..

It's just about pushing yourself to realms that are uncharted. I love to get to that place where I don't know what kind of music I'm doing, I don't k….

I envisioned all these people who had been admired for having been freaks in their own time, and I saw myself in line with them..

I always want to do something that just sort of fits the mood. It's supposed to help the song, it's not supposed to take away from the song or re-con….

I look suspicious if I dress in sort of benign clothes, going to the airport..

I always want to be a member in the audience, and I want to hear it from their point of view and see it from their point of view so I can know if it'….

When making a record, I could done a new face pretty easily and use all these different devices to hide who I am - or who I was - which really had ve….

I backed up all my pictures on my iCloud so you can’t see me when I die / I left my body somewhere down in Mexico / Give ‘Find My iPhone’ app a try..

I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd face..

I dont think I threw myself into music because I had the best intentions; it was because I was really angry..

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything..

I dont want any injustice brought against the bullies. Bullies just dont know any better. Anyone who is crying about police brutality or victimizatio….

I sang "Patience" by Guns N' Roses for my sixth grade talent show and I wanted to be an actor when I was younger. It was all very, very theatrical. I….

I have a strong impulse to protect history and time and the lineage of events..

The things that keep me awake at night are things like textures and instrumentation and plotting out what things are going to do and what the sounds ….

The ideal is to live forever, right? Or to live right now and just be grateful that I feel good. I'm definitely grateful for every second that I'm al….