Whatever God you believe in, we come from the same one

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems.

I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.

I grew up in the spoken-word community. Before everybody had a home studio, or before we could get booked for shows, open mics were the only way to be heard by other people. It really gave me a chance to develop as a performer. 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.

Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless possibilities in terms of outfits that you can put together and really just expressing yourself.

I'm a very conceptual writer.