"I want to see success right away. And I want to never give up, never stop."

"There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now."

"Learning how to relive again on life's terms sure doesn't do much for your confidence. You have to kind of walk in faith that the next step is going to be just a little bit better than the last step."

"The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business."

"The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me."

"The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents."

"Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers."

"Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them."