As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from.

You're letting go of having the best possible experience you can have regardless of who you are and where you are. I think that can be applied to all things, but it's easier said than done.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

I aim to write songs in a way that you don't have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you really just have to have a heart.

I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.