The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.

One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.