“When people meet me, they say that I’m really kind – contrary to a lot of my music.”

I’m always getting high cuz my confidence low.

Look at all that money. The money is the motive.

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world – from religion to race.

Don’t show the world how alone you’ve become.

Nothing compares to the emptiness we both share.

Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music.

For a dreamer, nights the only time of day.

When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it’s light, and sometimes it gets very dark.

I usually dont like to spoon feed my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.

We’ll find our love in the sky.

House of Balloons’ was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations.

I’m the most boring person to talk to.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

I’ve had sleep paralysis.

They asked me why I don’t quit drinking, I told ’em I’m not a quitter.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

Kindness – that simple word. To be kind – it covers everything, to my mind. If you’re kind that’s it.

Always think, ‘what’s the worst that can happen’ and have some kind of strategy to deal with it.

Writing for me is a kind of compulsion, so I don’t think anyone could have made me do it, or prevented me from doing it.

More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.