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I always look back to awards shows and think about being a kid watching them.

I love the Oscars. All sorts of tacky people win. And watching everyone run up and down those aisles is just adorable.

The Academy and the Oscars have been very gracious to me.

I remember when I first won the Academy Award and how much I loved it. I just wish there was an award around that you could really believe in again.

When I was growing up in the house, we'd watch the Oscars.

For American filmmakers, the Oscars is like a mystic thing. For me, it was being in a mirror of my dreams when I was dreaming of Hollywood when I was an adolescent.

The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world.

I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house.

When I was a kid, award shows were super-interesting for me. But when I started making music, it was kind of hard to watch because I believed in what I was doing and yet knew I didn't really have a shot.

What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.