Smile, it's easier than explaning why you're sad

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.

It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story and all kinds of sonic goodness.

My TV ain't HD, that's too real

A friend of mine jokes that I have a painstaking royalty complex. Like maybe I was a duke in a past life.

My grandfather was smart and had a whole lot of pride. He didn't speak a terrible amount, but you could tell there was a ton on his mind - like a quiet acceptance of how life had turned out.

We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.