I grew up in a bus, traveled with various circuses and freak shows. I was a trapeze artist, and that was my dream. We just traveled the whole world, me and my mom and my little brothers and sisters. It was an adventure.

I've never been able to relate to many people. I've always been the outcast child. I don't follow the rules. That's kind of how I do everything. Through my music, I've found a place in the world where I'm accepted, so I'm happy.

What I really want to do is, first of all, get my music out to the world. And then I would really just like to reach other kids all over the world and tell them to believe in themselves and prove to people that you can do anything you want.

I don't believe in trying to be somebody you're not - just be a bigger, better version of yourself.

Chicago, with its big newspapers and major broadcasting stations, couldn't have been a better city to start a journalism career.

I've been fortunate over my career to make a little history on the 16th hole at Augusta National.

My playing career that was a bit up but mostly down. I played in the Premier League at Southampton but most of my career was in the lower divisions.

I've spent so much of my career working intermittently, being busy and then with large swaths of time off, that it became the norm.