On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

I’ve been performing on stage since I was six years old.

I don’t exist without writing.

If I’m a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose.

I don’t see the world unless I see it in ink.

Most of us don’t spend any time knowing ourselves. We just keep reacting.

I find you get out of people what you put into them.

So what are we given? We’re also given, my generation, the disillusionment of our parents.

I have a sneaking suspicion that all religions lead to the same place, a very unified place.

The show is different every night, because I never write a setlist.

I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.

The writers I respect the most had an undying commitment to a vision.

I tend to eat what I want, which probably isn’t good.

What’s great about music is it takes so many kinds of people, including me. Everybody is in a different place.

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it’s just obtuse to them. It’s hard to relate to.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.

I’m fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.

You have a different crowd every night, so you should do a different show to suit them. I tailor the show to their mood.

I’m not a partygoer.

I would always encourage people of any age not to be so quick to follow other people’s truths but to search and follow your own moral code and live by your own integrity, and mostly...

I’m not a wild and crazy person.