This whole thing that's happened to me, you see, this whole success thing..it hasn't yet really compromised the position that I took a long time ago in Texas, that was to be true to myself, to be the person that I...that was on inside of me and not play games.

To be true to myself, to be the person that was on the inside of me, and not play games. That's what I'm trying to do mostly in the whole world, is not bulls**t myself and not bulls**t anybody else.

I'm just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?

After they see me, when their mothers are feeding them all that cashmere sweater and girdle, maybe they'll have a second thought - that they can be themselves and win.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

If you truly believe that artists have a responsibility to uphold their liberal virtues by using their massive platforms, then those artists should be judged by the danger and inconvenience that they face for doing so, not by the rewards they receive for parroting consensus.