The worst pain in the world is shame. I spend a lot of time trying to not do anything bad to anyone, but you can't live your life and not hurt people.
I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.
I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.
I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.
For me, the best times are always going to be the most intense, the ones with the highest highs and the lowest lows.
I wrote 'Criminal' in 45 minutes when everyone else went to lunch because I had to have a hit. I can force myself to do the work, but only if someone is right up behind me.
Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.
The way I feel about music is that there is no right and wrong. Only true and false.
As a person who performs on stage, it's good to be emotionally open. If you mess with someone when they are in that state, it's like you're messing with an animal when it's eating.
I want to be like the patron saint of reality.
I was told so many times when I was a kid, 'I can't be friends with you, you're too intense, you're too sad all the time.' I really thought that when I made the first album that everyone would understand me, all the people who weren't my friends would become my friends.
I think I'm better at live shows than I used to be because I'm way more comfortable with the uncomfortable pauses between songs. Now, rather than trying to talk or do a costume change, I'll use those moments for myself. I listen to what other people are playing, or just rest, or dance, even though I don't know how to.
The age thing really bugs me. Do people have more of a right to not like what I say because I'm 19?
When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
Rape is the most humiliating thing that can be done to you; it's the most vulnerable that you can be. But once I realized that, I became a stronger person and faced all my fears.
I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.
