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

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.

The difference between me and other people in my generation is instead of saying the Internet's killing the record business, I say, 'Who cares about the record business, the Internet is enhancing music.

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

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.

I have an English family and I've lived in England for years.

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