A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

None of those material possessions do anything to make your life any better.... I know a lot of people who have a lot of everything, and they're absolutely the most miserable people in the world. So it won't do anything for you unless you're a happy person and can have peace with yourself.

You can start something, do it, and believe that that's what you're doing, but then the inspiration comes and it's like, "Nope, this is what it is."

A lot of my songs deal with spirituality and God, and I guess if you're in tune with that, you'll read into it.

My mom and dad would take me all over. One night we'd be at the Apollo watching James Brown, and then I'd be at the Joffrey Ballet. It was that kind of scene.

Confusion makes people uncomfortable. They can't put their finger on me.