“Remember above all to be true to yourself. It is ok to act and to pretend that something is ok, but admit the truth to yourself.”

“There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.”

“Every time someone puts an objection to me, I want to say: 'OK, OK, let's go on to something else.' Objections have never contributed anything.”

“You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.”

“There's no need to lower or raise yourself above the things that you are not. Live according to your ability. Be true to yourself and your own nature.”

“Got something new, maybe it'll work before the end of the day if that's ok.”

“But the truth is, I don't have ADD. I have OKHY: OK, hell yeah.”

“Mind your own Brazilian!" The words fly out of my mouth before I can stop them. Oops.

OK. The trick when you've said something embarrassing by mistake is to pretend nothing happened.”

“It's really tough to make a name for yourself without compromising and without fitting yourself into a real specific mold. When I made the choice that I would be involved in every aspect of music and not necessarily make music for radio or MTV, I was saying, 'OK, this is me. You decide who it is.”

“Above all things, respect yourself.”