"The follow your dreams thing is really important because so many people are railroaded into taking other paths by their family, their friends, people who should be supportive going, 'What are you talking about?' Even just seemingly regular career paths, but if it's not what people expect for you they kind of react funny."

"I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know."

"The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it."

"Pop music is not a threatening style of music."

"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."

"Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day."