I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.

For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression.

Things that I would say or would like to saw are just easier to sing about and put out there in music.

I opened up my mind as far as playing music. I was at a Cody Chesnutt concert a few years ago, and a friend introduced me to him. We just started talking about music, and he asked me what I did. I said, "I have these songs and I'm kind of nervous to put them out, because I've just kind of been playing blues stuff, and playing other people's songs." He said, "You should just put them out there, man. Why not? It's just gonna bother you if you don't. The easiest thing to do is to just let it go." So I just took that with me.

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.

I grew up with synthesizers and weird, spacey music-hip-hop, R&B, modern rock-that I heard on the radio. That's influenced the way I play music. It's natural for me to go with what I feel. If I didn't let that other stuff out and stuck to a certain format, I would feel like I was missing out on something. I'm just enjoying my ride and being who I am.

I don't believe in competition, ain't nobody else like me around