When I was younger, my mother and I, we'd have these crazy, crazy fights. Everyone would storm out mad, and the only way that I'd be able to express myself was to write her. We would write letters back and forth for days. When I'm writing, I feel uninterrupted. I write what I'm going through and how I see it.

If we took the time to learn more about different places and people, perhaps we would have more empathy for each other.

At the end of the day, so many things that we hold so much value with, it just doesn't even mean anything. I really try to stay focused on being really positive.

Mozart would play a counterpart with his left hand while using his right to mock it. It was blue, dark, shadowy - and it made me feel something. That's when I realized music was inside me.

The climate of today is not really focused as much as it was then on being able to speak about different cultural issues or different situations that were going on politically.

I feel like B sides are always better, no matter whose record it is.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.