I'm pretty open book, I'm also the kind of person that will say, 'That's none of your business,' too.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.

Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.

I think everybody wants to redeem themselves after they've done something that might be considered negative. I don't think anyone wants to go to the grave negative.

My father died early. My mother died early. I started hanging with the gangs. I'm on the streets; I'm committing crimes. And the music came along, and this music just took me on a different road.

When I was younger I never drank. I never drank, I never did any weed or drugs or anything because I felt it would compromise my position. I was an orphan, and I had a feeling like if I ever hit the ground I may never get back up.