Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak.

And any man who knows a thing, knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all.

I think it's a mistake to work on success in career. I've worked on my passions obsessively. How can I say what I want to say more precisely than the last time I said it? Success is such an elusive concept. When you work for it, I think you get it in a way you might regret it.

You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.

I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.

There's definitely anger, the demand of more from the world, a demand for justice. There's no other way I can perform the vocals than the way you hear them. It's not just the words, it's what is being felt.

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.