My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.

I've been compared to people since the beginning. When you're starting out, you need a comparison so people will understand you right away.

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.

To create an album of love, I really had - I thought it was going to be easy, because I've always written love songs. But I thought if I really want to make a love album that contributes, that actually means something, I've got to go deep.

For every action there’s a reaction. And also, for every action there’s an equal and opposite criticism.

I struggle with how humankind ended up this way. We made ourselves slaves to money, and we all have to work and be a part of this thing when time is always ticking. And before we know it, a decade has gone by, and did I really get to do everything I wanted to do or say everything I wanted to say?

The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up.