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I hate hateful people.
I cry all the time. Music makes me cry.
Like most artists, I live out of a suitcase.
My relationship with food is intimate. I don't eat and tell.
I think I'll always be famous. I just hope I don't become infamous.
It's hard to write a song about reality because reality doesn't rhyme.
I could never be homophobic in any kind of way, dude. I'm such a free bird.
Gnarls Barkley is an alter ego and something like an out of body experience.
I tend to like antique things. Something can be old, but it can be timeless.
I may sample at Pinkberry, but when I find a flavor I like, I'm pretty committed to it.
Women are our most miraculous muse, an enchanted intangibility that encourages all art.
Predictability is the cousin of death: I don't necessarily want people to see me coming. You know?
I would like to be a gang leader on 'Sons of Anarchy' or own a lemonade stand on 'Boardwalk Empire.'
I'm not allowed to be as liberal as I would like to be, you know? I'd do a lot more damage if I could!
I believe that the plight of life and all existence is to master one's self, you know, one day at a time.
People have always questioned, Was I crazy? And I'm like, 'No, I'm not crazy. I'm just totally committed.'
I've been such an oddball my whole life, but I've always been cool and I've always dressed fairly smartly.
I'm not trying to emulate or imitate. But I do believe that I embody that spirit from Robert Johnson on up.
Rock n' roll is not just a fashion statement; it is the attitude, and it has a political posturing as well.
Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.
Music is a means of spreading the good word and spreading positivity and productivity. Those things speak to me.
I do like the ladies an awful lot. Surprisingly enough, it turns out ladies like me back; I'm a really good guy.
When it comes to the stage, I can't help but be inspired by people like George Clinton, Elton John and Alice Cooper.
I was one of those kids, inner-city youth and finding my way. I made it. I made a success out of myself, surprisingly.
I'm a little lavish I must admit. But I'm not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.
My style is ambiguous and lucid. I wish to be signified but not summed up. I don't want to have to go over the top each time.
I think I'm needed - as an artist, as an individual, as an entity, an enigma, an exhibitionist, an entertainer - as an alternative.
So many of the bands that influenced me growing up were English, even if I didn't realise it. English pop ruled the world in the '80s!
Well, I've cleaned bathrooms in a warehouse. That was pretty terrible. But I can't complain because I'm sure other people have done worse.
The fact that you can love something that you've lost is all the incentive you need to love again, as opposed to becoming comfortably numb.
All I'll say is... I'm at a point in life when nothing feels shocking to me. I need something to shock me! I'm almost ready to see a U.F.O.
On a good day I think I'm handsome, on an average day I'm average. I'm a man's man so I don't necessarily know how cute we're supposed to be.
I want a world where everything is welcome, everything is valid, everything is acknowledged, embraced, and accepted. To me, that's a perfect world.
My insurance provider probably wouldn't allow me to go into a mosh pit anymore. My brain is insured by Lloyd's of London, you know what I'm saying?
The fact that you can love something that's lost is all of the incentive that you'll ever need to love again as opposed to becoming comfortably numb.
I get a kick out of not being ideal. I think it's awesome. That's entirely the point. And I think my creator is quite a character for letting that be.
Music saved my life. The voice you hear, the soul, the pain, is that of a person who deeply, deeply, deeply appreciates the opportunity they've been given.
There was a time when I didn't like myself at all. I thought I was a cruel joke. But now I've come to realise that maybe I am not cute, but I am beautiful.
I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism and to aid and abet and discover new talent.
I don't eat a lot of junk food anymore, but I sure remember it. I used to go through boxes of Little Debbies. I liked Star Crunch, and of course those oatmeal pies.
For me as an artist, the expansiveness of my interests and my influences make me enigmatic. I think any man can be that way - if you love enough interesting things.
But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with humility, and apparently those songs connect with people.
I'm like Shrek. Shrek's a nice guy, but people keep alienating him, like they did with me in my younger life. I'm very loving and kind and generous - I'm a sweetheart!
To lose my mother just as I'm right on the brink of crossing that threshold over into a career, it was pretty compelling. My entire career is my mother's work, for me.
I related to 'A Clockwork Orange' in a personal way. I was a bit of a thug growing up. It's taken some reform for me. Thank God for artistry and creativity as an outlet.
Emotion is something that you don't simply receive. Emotion is compelled. Other than that, we're just shells until we're possessed or reanimated from time to time by different emotions.
Music definitely gave me a focus. I was an artist without an outlet. Let's just say if I was not famous, I could have been infamous. I could've had my own episode of 'American Gangster.'
I have one thing that I'm saving for my son. It's a 1965 Chevy Impala Super Sport. It's a beautiful sea-foam green color. It's like a teal green, white interior, and it's just a gorgeous car.
You can't be all of the people you're influenced by, so you make your own filter and create your own beautiful, unique thing in the world. Soak up the world, man, and make something of your own.
My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me.