It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.
I do my best to try to keep God with me on a personal level. It's my belief that God really wants a personal relationship with us.
One musician listens to another musician, and you get inspired and then you do your thing, but it's yours.
That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be.
I identify more with women than with men. I guess I have a strong feminine side.
I'm so happy. I am able to see the world just by making music, just by doing the thing that I loved doing when I was five years old.
I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.
My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
I’ll be quite frank with you — I didn’t know about Hunger Games — so when I’m telling kids and they say, ‘Who are you playing?’ and I say Cinna, they go, ‘Oh you’re playing the gay guy.’ That was an actual answer. I’ve never brought that up yet. That’s how they perceived it. So I thought about it, and I read the book and I don’t see that he is or isn’t [gay]. He’s a designer, he’s a stylist, he has gold eyeliner—that doesn’t mean anything either way.
My mother passed at the end of the Circus tour. After that I really needed to take some time and just chill out and get my head together.
Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.
God said, Here. Have it. Enjoy it. I'm gonna be miserable?
People don't realize it, but no one lives that rock and roll life 24-7. They think it's hundreds of bottles of champagne flowing and private jets and money. But there's a lot of time when you're traveling - time to think, time to be lonely. Sometimes it gets to you.
People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.
Every night is different, you never know what it's going to be like. I remember every night. I don't like to compare them.
It's very important to vote. People died for this right.
A lot of people don't listen to the lyrics, really.
I always read the Capitol as f—ked up pansexuality, everybody is doing everybody. Back to Greek and Roman times! It’s all happening.
I am trying to get closer to God.
People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that's just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.
I've always been into films. I've been offered lots of films but they've always been these very stereotypical roles. They wanted me to play some gangster or street guy, or pimp, drug addict.
I was always talking about peace and love, even when I was a kid. That's how I grew up in my family.
You've got your entourage and people that help you make whatever happen around you. Everything's crazy and you're not paying attention to your inner feelings because you're so busy. I couldn't take it.
Race in this country is still the elephant in the room that no one wants to discuss.
I'm always sort of reflecting on what I do on what I've done. Usually before I make a new album, I'll listen to the previous albums just to see where I've been.
