I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

Down the road, I'll probably have a kid or two or three. And there will probably be political events or spiritual things to comment on, and humor.

I started writting songs when I was really little because there were things I could say through songs that I couldn't verbalize any other way. Writting was something I had to do.

I find as an artist if I'm not expressed relatively consistently, I get really depressed.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

I sabotage myself for fear of what my bigness could do.

If I have taken part in anything perceived as the fame machine, it's been my choice. My motivations certainly have been different from some people's that I've worked with. But it's okay to work equally passionately for two different reasons.