You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

Critics like to describe and categorize things, and categories often have a way of limiting people.

We should care about what is going on in the world.

My mother, I want her to like my music, but she's not exactly my target audience. So I care more about the fans in general, just making sure they enjoy what I do.

When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that, or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.