Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.

I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

It's important for us to fight for certain changes that need to happen. And one of those issues that I really care about is education. But also another one is incarceration.

I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time.

We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.

But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z.