If I could go to Kabul and not die, I would go back to Afghanistan as soon as I could. And, that was the most interesting place that I've been to.

I didn't want to work at Pizza Hut and I didn't want to join the Army. So I just decided to go out and be awesome.

My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice.

America is a rough room and you don't know what might come your way, so you have to be prepared for almost anything.

Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche.

The material you work with is that which you will come to resemble. That which you work against will always work against you, including yourself.

When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.