What I do isn't black music, it's just my music.

To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.

Being at college, I think that's the time when you really start searching for things outside yourself.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

I definitely dislike pomposity and artifice. I hope that I'm not that. Once I write a song, it belongs to the world, and the way people perceive it, it's cool.

When you have that first flash of what you think is going to be a great idea-from the mouth, from the hands-that's an amazing feeling. I don't think anything's quite as good as that.

What I do isn't black music, it's just my music.