I found it a really refreshing change of pace to suddenly be completely directed. It was a type of collaboration that I don't normally have.

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

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.

I always try to keep the circumstances in my life fresh. I like to change the physical environment I live in, change the people around me and try to experience things for the first time. I think that keeps one on their toes, creatively and spiritually.

For me a watch is a really beautiful instrument. I don't so much care what time it is but I do love watches, and I love how they're constructed.

Later on in life I was like, "Wow!" because that's exactly how it was. They don't care that you're mixed. They see you as one color.

I'm very much about the environment, I'm very much about health, about being able to, at the very least, eat organic, whole foods that are healthy for us. And then, of course, everyone being able to eat and at least have a humane way to live. There's enough for everybody, but unfortunately, there's a lot of greed and a lot of ego.