I would never, never do anything unless I believed in it.

Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in.

I don't need tightly exploitative. Suggesting that I would use this personal part of my life for a (expletive) movie ... it kind of makes me sick.

Rich kids gave us their old clothes. They were the best clothes we ever had. We were these very pure, naive, poor children. The rich kids called us a lot of names but it never bothered us because we didn't know what the words meant.

Music is a whole oasis in my head. The creation process is so personal and fulfilling.

When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.