I need some meaning I can memorize. The kind I have always seems to slip my mind.

I think different musical collaborators bring out different qualities in my songs and I like that.

i keep drinking the ink from my pen and i'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down to one quotable phrase if you love something give it away

The sound of loneliness makes me happier.

So I wait for the day when I'll hear the key as it turns in the lock And the guard will say to me, "Oh my patient prisoner you waited for this day and finally, you are free! You are free! You are free!

Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.

Rastafarianism and reggae music have always kind of resonated with me. Those ideas of redemption, liberation and overcoming oppression through music, weed and community. Fighting evil through love and music, I think it's just a really powerful idea.