Despite everything, no one can dictate who you are to other people.
Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is 'Is there anybody I`m afraid of? Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw, I`d get nervous?' If not, then you`re cool.
I have written a song that says: If you ever lose someone dear to you, never say the words, "They're gone," and they'll come back.
When everyone recognizes Jehovah's name, then everyone will be happy because everyone will know what to do and how to do it.
Time is a mind construct. It's not real.
Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.
Don't hate me because I'm fabulous.
There's always a rainbow at the end of every rain.
Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.
I learned from Jimi Hendrix. They all wanted him to do the tricks, and at the end of his career, he just wanted to play. I lived longer than he did, and I can see how those pressures can really play with your head.
I don't see why I should give my new music to iTunes or anyone else. They won't pay me an advance for it and then they get angry when they can't get it.
My father left his piano at the house when he left, and I wasn't allowed to play it when he was there because I wasn't as good as him. So when he left, I was determined to get as good as him, and I taught myself how to play music, and I just stuck with it, and I did it all the time.
When I first started out in this music industry, I was most concerned with freedom. Freedom to produce, freedom to play all the instruments on my records, freedom to say anything I wanted to.
I learned from Jehovah's Witnesses that a fatalistic view is counterproductive.
Like books and black lives, albums still matter.
Tell me a musician who's got rich off digital sales. Apple's doing pretty good though, right?
My hair is capable of doing a lot of different things.
Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay.
To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would-I don't know, I wish it upon everybody. It's heaven.
I've always understood the two to be intertwined: sexuality and spirituality. That never changed.
