If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy.

Love is the most powerful energy there is.

I was taught by my grandfather that anything that your mind can conceive, you can have. It's a reality.

It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars.

The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist.

People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.

God forbid you sing about love. It's a lost concept.