You can only watch injustice go on for so long until you're compelled to say something. To speak out against it.

And weed's not a drug - that's denial

Drug culture is extremely prevalent and probably most people know somebody whose life has been affected by drugs, if it's not their own or in their own family, they have friends. It's a never-ending process.

I wanted to get clean. I knew that my highest potential, the place that I was most spiritual, the place that I was the most rich in terms of my life, and my livelihood, and my art and my creativity, was when I was sober.

We become so numb to what we're saying.

I think that there will always be artists out there who think they need to sign a major label deal in order to be successful. And that machine is what is going to work for them - there's tons of examples of pop stars who need that machine.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.