Poetry itself is music. I'm just lucky that I can convert it into music.

Happiness is overrated and money can't justify it.

I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.

On-stage, I definitely want to use my real self because I'm singing to people who believe in what I'm singing, and I believe in what I'm singing, but they shouldn't be fooled because we all have fake selves and it's in there somewhere. It's not pretending to hurt somebody; it's just something that comes out of me, from my experience.

Composing was more difficult than writing things down.

I think it is all about creating characters, mixing them up with the stars and the light-years, and coming back to Earth, because we're from this universe. We're not just New York or London; we're stars.

I was lucky to have read a lot of poetry when I was younger; it helped me to remember a way to write.