Everybody has their own way of hearing songs. My fans are usually pretty on point. Sometimes they go all the way to the bottom of it. It's fascinating to me how far an idea can go. I wrote most of my first album in my mom's kitchen, and now I can go around the world and hear people recite those lyrics, and understand the story, even though they're not from the same area I grew up in.

My mind is living on cloud 9 and this 9 is never on vacation.

Found myself screaming in a hotel room. I didn't want to self-destruct.

You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.

My lyrics say I have morals, I have confidence, I have weaknesses, I have strong points, that I am a human being.

Am I the only one who measures time using songs? “Oh it only took me 4 songs to get here! that’s not to long!