Americans think that if you're popular, there must be something wrong with you.

I was just like a 21st century person waiting to be born, and this is the medium that I thrive in. And I feel stronger now than I did any time since I've been a teenager - I mean, musically, creatively.

Chronic Lyme causes arthritis, heart problems, stroke - even death.

I think Philadelphia has been underrated over the years as a musical region.

I grew up in a very racially integrated place called Pottstown. It was an agricultural / industrial town which has since become a suburb of Philadelphia. I grew up basically in a black neighborhood.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

Nobody's going to sell 10 million records by not working hard.