Through music I either tame my demons or unleash them and allow them to be what they are. I don't want the music to be about provocation, I want the music to bring you to a place where you feel at home

The times when I feel not alive is when I feel stifled, when I feel like the emotion that's in me is not coming out. I'm too busy, too hectic. I'm serving my iPhone more than my spirit. Those are the times I feel bad.

I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.

I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.

Today we are in a war against war - music is our power.

My mother and father took me in and provided everything for me - the love, nurturing, basic necessities - to give me the space to grow wings, so that when I went out into the world, I could fly.

Only a rat can win a rat race.