Well, Jeff Buckley for me is one of the greatest singers I've ever heard. And the reason why is he has an amazing range, amazing emotional power in his voice. And the music he put around it also just had this passion and this soul to it and this spirit to it that very few artists have, and he passed at a very young age.

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.

The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful

I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me.

A just society is not one built on fear or repression or vengeance or exclusion, but one built on love. Love for our families. Love for our neighbors. Love for the least among us. Love for those who look different or worship differently. Love for those we don't even know.

I guess a lot of times pressure is put on something after it becomes big.