Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: April 5, 1973
Everything that we experience every day leaves a long-lasting impression..
Music is what I love to do. Music, fashion, a couple of chairs, I'm cool, I'm grateful..
As individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not..
You learn from experiences, and I suppose that's where I color most of my music, from experiences..
At the end of the day, the Lord knows I have no malice in my heart. But I've got tattoos, and I still fornicate..
So many people just have that innate thing that allows them to express themselves in a way the majority can follow. That's when you're affecting cult….
I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan..
I like to browse and just hang in bookstores..
I'm always consciously trying to make what I feel is missing..
If someone asks me what inspires me, I always say, "That which is missing," because I don't want to copy everything that's already happening. I feel ….
I'm very lazy, it's just that I love music and I love the things that I get to do. That's why I feel so blessed..
You gotta go inward To experience the outer space That was built for you.
I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation..
Fashion is more about feel than science..
Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did..
If you're not learning, you're wasting your time..
I'm just very thankful. And I say that a lot because that's the most important message..
The most important thing is just like creativity and music. It's the one thing that you never lose if you just stay loyal to that..
Stay loyal to your creativity because it's a gift..
Trust me, when they read the [Oscar] results, my face was...frozen. But then I thought about it, and I just decided just to...let it go..
The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis. When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even ….