I got told I needed a producer I don't know how many times - maybe 27 times, 30? Then I recently got told 'I'm so proud of you.' That was even more great to hear.
We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.
I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it's a mistake for me.
Hip-hop and R&B is mostly what I listen to. I don't have a connection with punk rock - I just never had that experience.
There's just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don't know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don't invalidate me.
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and even the referencing in classic hip hop to cliched love ballads of the '80s or whatever - that is kinda gone, and that's just terrifying to me.
I think the hardest thing about my life is that I've met so many people all over the world who I love, but they're not friends with each other.
Everybody tends to think I'm crazy, which is the biggest problem in my life.
I'm not a professional entertainer. I'm not Neil Diamond.
Usually, I'll just sit down at a piano or with a guitar, and I'll just be relaxed and playing music. Because that's what relaxes your subconscious. That's why everyone from animals to humans love music.