People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.

It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.

I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people I was ahead of my 19 years. It may have been over the heads of some people.

It doesn't matter the genre or type of art, if it's authentic there's an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that's very inspiring.

I don't care how small the game. I want to win.