Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.

Those who are heartless, once cared too much.

People are just afraid of things too much … Sure, evil exists, extremism exists. Somebody could commit a hate crime and hurt me. But they could do the same just because I'm black. They could do the same just because I'm American.

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.

Distance sometimes lets you know who's worth keeping and who's worth letting go.

I don't have any secrets I need kept any more.

The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.