“You have to have trust in someone you’re working with; otherwise, you’re not gonna come out with something that’s really you.”

What inspires me about rap is that it’s written in an almost poetic way. I just think it’s so cool.

I don’t belong to anyone, but everybody knows my name.

I Love Fashion.

I’m only good at being bad.

When I do have free time, I spend it with friends, or I spend it at home writing or making something.

I’m not going to say I’m cool, because I don’t really feel that. I just don’t care at all, and I guess that’s what people think is cool.

I keep my mind on my money & my time.

I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.

I’ve always liked being busy. If I have nothing to do for a week, it just makes me mad.

I don’t think a song should be put in a category.

I never thought a career as a musician was possible.

The way that I want people to dress is very specific.

When I was four, I wrote a song about falling into a black hole.

My brother had written ‘Ocean Eyes,’ and we recorded it, basing all of the production around contemporary and lyrical dance.

Nothing really scares me, to be honest.

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don’t know any better.

First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ‘I believe,’ three times.

People often think I’m a faker, but I’m usually honest, in a certain way–in such a way that often nobody believes me!

How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.

I believe one of the most dangerous things in the world is living.

I believe in love at first sight. But it’s not the first moment you lay eyes on a person, it’s the moment you first see the person they truly are.

I mean, I’m a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

I don’t have any idea of who or what God is. But I do believe in some great spiritual power. I feel it particularly when I’m out in nature. It’s just something that’s bigger and stronger than what I am or what anybody is. I feel it. And it’s enough for me.