I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.

I approach every show from the same fundamental perspective: this is a conversation, and my job is to make people leave the show feeling like they've seen something singular. It's not about smashing someone over the head from the jump-off.

Sometimes my hands they don’t feel like my own; I need someone to love, I need someone to hold.

When I started out making music I thought it was about thrills and adding layers, but I realized I want to focus on saying the most with the least.

It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.

I'm learning on the guitar all the time.

Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of it from the time I bought my first record probably. It's always been there.