I Hate Being Ignored.

I Never Wanted To Grow A Thicker Skin; I Felt A Real Sense Of Pride In My Thin Skin, And In A Weird Way, I Still Do, Because It's My Thin Skin That Allows Me To Empathize With Other People. It's The Thing That Allows Me To Create Vulnerable Art. It's The Thing That Allows Me To Create Other Feelings And Make Songs That Actually Grab People And Touch People. I Feel Like I've Spent My Life Fighting That Thicker Skin Because I Don't Want To Become An Embittered Asshole.

The Cool Thing Too, As You Get Older, You Get Way Better At Identifying Who's An Ally And Who Isn't. And Who Has Good, Positive, "let's Make All This Sh*t Better And Let's Try To Have Fun And Fix Sh*t" People As Opposed To "let's Sit Around And B*tch And Berate" People.

When You Trust People To Help You, They Often Do.

Life As It Should Be: All Friends, All Art, All Music, All Love, All The Time.

I've Always Felt Like An Outsider Across The Board, Since Day One. The Challenge Has Been To Simply Not Pay Attention To My Outsider Or Insider Status And Just Do The Work And Play The Shows And Connect With The People. And Not Even Bother To Play This Game Of Keeping Score, Which Is What Destroys You.