As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society.

I don't feel like my money or my success defines me. I've always been very happy just bein' me.

Life is continued work. It's constant learning. The whole concept of retirement I don't even buy into. We should constantly be working. Maybe not physically working, but we could be spiritually, emotionally working toward bettering ourselves and bettering the lives of others around us.

I think everything happens in time. There's a time for everything. There's a time to be in a group, and there's a time to be solo.

I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.

I get out, I get out of all your boxes.

I think what people are attracted to about me, if anything, is my passion. People got exposed to my passion through music and song first.