All that ever holds somebody back, I think, is fear. For a minute I had fear. [Then] I went into the [dressing] room and shot my fear in the face...

I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

Sometimes I think that there's a fine line between impressionistic and messy.

I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.

No matter how much you rehearse on that stage, once you add 30,000 screaming people with flashing cameras into the equation, it's pretty intense.

Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.