Beyond [Barack Obama] having made history as the first African-American president, I hope that he gets re-elected for what he does while in office, not for his skin color. I certainly believe he has the capacity.

I just feel so good; it feels like a very creative time for me. As far as my mind, spirit, and body, I've never felt better.

Let's look at human interactions. I really believe that there is a way for us to settle disputes nonviolently, using our minds, using all of that was given to us.

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

I do my best to try to keep God with me on a personal level. It's my belief that God really wants a personal relationship with us.

This world is so crazy. So many things are based on popularity versus talent. So there's a lot of folks who are not so talented, but they're popular and they have "x" amount of followers on social media.

We've always just gotten up there and played. We don't have any dancers, we don't have all that stuff going on, we just get up there and play.