I have an apartment in Brooklyn - I guess I call it my shrine. I go there to create and recoup, or hibernate sometimes, but my home is in Dallas where I live with my children.

My girls are very fashionable. They have a very good eye for marrying style and fashion.

It's weird, but if I decide to do an album, then the ideas start fitting themselves together. I consider myself a nice, slow burn. Plus, it's not a race. And I have a lot to share.

I think the job of an artist is to be honest and fearless.

I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not share it, I'm always writing songs or coming up with melodic lines on piano or guitar. It's therapy. It's always happening.

If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.

I encourage breaking free of self inflicted holding pens. I encourage the use of intelligence in every decision. I encourage creating.