“I’ve always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.”

I just don’t trust journalists – and I don’t think it’s a good practice for me to trust journalists.

Don’t confuse my personality with my attitude. My personality is who I am, and my attitude depends on who you are.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool.

Distance sometimes lets you know who’s worth keeping and who’s worth letting go.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication. And I knew I could sing from being in tune with the radio.

Why see the world, when you got the beach?

Here’s what I think about music and journalism: The most important thing is to just press play.

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

As a writer, as a creator, I’m giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain’t got to pry beyond that.

I like the anonymity that directors can have about their films.

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

Once I catch you in one lie, it makes me question everything you said.

I believe that marriage isn’t between a man and woman; but between love and love.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

Go for someone who is proud to have you.

Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.

Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity.

I’ve totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what’s right for you. I know exactly what’s right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, ‘Don’t do that, don’t do that,’ you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.

The patriarchy continues to try to crush my neck with heavy boots, cut off my life force, and take away my voice – even those who call themselves artists, you know who you are.

Gray hair is gods graffiti.

There is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.

Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Space is the breath of art.