You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.

I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.

I used to be so delusional. I always imagined I could be more than I was, and eventually I grew and evolved into that person.

When I was in Nashville, I went to our Macy's and went and tried on all the Hannah Montana stuff. Then I said, 'This is weird, I'm wearing my face.

Not 'I don't give a f-' to just be reckless and do whatever, but 'I don't give a f- what they say.' ... I know who I am and what I'm doing in my life and what I've accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being. I'm happy with the man I'm becoming.

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.