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We're taught to be ashamed of confusion, anger, fear and sadness, and to me they're of equal value to happiness, excitement and inspiration.

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I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.

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I firmly believe that the only reason why I'm on this planet, the only reason why I live, breathe, and exist is, that it's my duty to be as honest as possible in my art.

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I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

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When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.

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In the past, I had workaholic issues.

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My message to anyone who's afraid that they can't write music when they're happy is 'Just trust the passion.' The passion can write a lot of things.

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It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success.

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I think God is everything. Human beings created the punitive, vengeful deity who considers us to be innate sinners.

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But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

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A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

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I hear you're losing weight again, Mary Jane. Do you ever wonder who you're losing it for?

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I felt like I was making a record under the radar, and that is my favorite way to do anything.

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I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

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In a perfect world, there would be no censorship, because there would be no judgement. I find the hypocritical aspect disconcerting, to say the least. We can show people being murdered on television, but I'm not able to say "chickenshit" in public. At the same time, I understand that people are afraid. Because I think censorship is about fear. It's just fear being projected onto art.

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I try to keep a low profile in general. Not with my art, but just as a person.

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I'm lost, but I'm hopeful.

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I would not have discredited every one of their compliments. It was your approval I wanted, your congratulations.

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As long as I can say what it is that I need to say, then I'll fit whatever I'm trying to say around a melody.

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The people that were invested in me staying the same way after a decade will most likely by default have to be disappointed.

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