A lot of people forget that R&B put hip-hop on, R&B put rock on.

I just think that Jack White is the consummate artist - an artist's artist. I'm a huge fan.

I've always had this tremendous and very deep feeling of knowing my purpose, you know? It never dawned on me, it always very much known.

When I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song.

The whole cultural diversity and musical diversity, I think they almost go hand in hand, you know? It's like a mind space or a it's having an open mind to what else is out there.

The extremes of who I'd love to be onstage are David Bowie, Prince, and, I don't know, Bjork.

I'm a firm believer that when children have a strong conviction about something, it's often because there's some powerful experience from a past life. Something that they didn't get to fulfill.