“People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like, a shoe. It’s a story.”

Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won’t last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don’t realise that.

Sexism is everywhere, bro. I don’t know if it’s ever not somewhere.

I’m a really artistic person, and so, with the live stuff, there’s a lot that I think is really cool.

Heart made of glass and my mind of stone.

All the good girls go to hell.

I really like hip-hop and rap; that’s my main influence. I really wanna be more of a hip-hop artist.

Music gives me courage and takes care of my mind.

I’m gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they’re gonna like. It doesn’t really matter.

In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated.

I play piano and ukulele, and I taught myself those things just because I wanted to play them.

I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn’t, thank God.

I try to interact with my audience and have them be equal to me because they are.

I just really loved Linkin Park, and their production is really sick.

Half of what i say is meaningless.

If I make music and people hate it, you know, whatever. I’ll die someday, and one day, they will too.

I had a period in my life where I decided that I would never be bored again and that, if I had any free time at all, I would make plans, and I would always be doing things.

What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

Sometimes you have to let go of others so you can better hold on to yourself.

People always say turn the other cheek. If you turn the other cheek, I’m gonna hit you in the other cheek too.

Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself?

I don’t like age barriers. I don’t like when people treat you differently when they find out how old you are.

I’ve always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.