You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

I would try and sing along with bands that I like but it sounded so atrocious that I couldn't.

I've always loved hip-hop, since I was a kid, that's the music that I loved. I think everyone of our generation kind of fantasized about hip-hop in some ways.

I don't know a single person in life that doesn't have conflict. I don't really enjoy acting enough to not want to experience something that feels like it really affects things. It's like, if you were a surfer, would you want to surf where there was like two-foot waves, or would you want to surf on like ten-foot waves. To me, the more kind of dramatic stories are more exciting for me, to play with.

That to me was really, certainly, the gateway into discovering John, ... I feel I found the speaking voice through the singing voice.

My music is going to be true. I'm not out to sell records. I'm experiencing something, and it's what I feel.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.