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" In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me. "

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" I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.' "

" I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want. "

" As a person, I'm a good person who shows up for my friends. I do my best to be good. As an artist, I have no idea. "

" If a transporter could send me from the bed with the dogs watching crappy TV to the stage five minutes before I go on, then immediately back to bed, I would love it. "

" When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years. "

" I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy. "

" I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy. "

" About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time. "

" Everybody in the entertainment industry is insecure. "

" People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff. "

" Melody is pure intuition. I don't use any thinking brain when I do that. That's totally in the zone. "

" When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity. "

" I really don't know anything about music. "

" I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. "

" I like the Carpenters and Elvis. "

" I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself. "

" I'm just a follower. "

" I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd. "

" When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in. "

" I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here! "

" I toured for 13 years, and it was very lonely, and it was hard work. "

" I think it's impossible not to see something you wanted happen to someone else and maybe wish it for yourself. "

" When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more. "

" When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write with a co-writer. "

" I don't know anything about the history of music. "

" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic. "

" I try not to do too much self-analysis apart from when I'm actually paying $170 an hour for it. I try to keep it in the room. "

" I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted. "