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

You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.

You're gonna know my name by the end of the night.

I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.

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

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.

When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.