Bullying is a national epidemic.

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

It's been so long since I've really truly felt what it's like to live life without substances to help. Massive struggle that's natural to one's health, but with addiction in my blood I play the cards I was dealt.

I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop.

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 learned from my teachers but became through my music

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