I like to be as diverse as possible. I think the humorous side and the serious side are both elements of my personality. It's what makes me who I am and if I was to neglect either one of those sides and just focus on one of them, it wouldn't be the full spectrum of my personality.

Reading a piece of poetry with no beat in front of 20 people is way more challenging than rocking for 10,000 people.

My relationship with God is as strong as the time and energy I put into connecting with God.

I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people... Music is my creative outlet in terms of expressing what is important to me; what has importance, what has a value. And I wanna be respected for that.

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times.

I can write for weeks or months sometimes and edit it down to a song. I feel like it's a piece of music that will hopefully stand the test of time and hopefully capture a moment in history if I'm doing it correctly and honestly.

If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example for starting over