I think the goal is in general to broaden my fans' perspectives and their horizons. Not to be cliché. But to introduce them to things that they may not have introduced to themselves.

For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.

I can write hundreds of songs on simple power chords.

I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.

I would say that the most complex style of singing comes from India. Real, classical Indian music produces probably the best technical and natural singers in the world, just because the patterns and the inflection are so complex in how the style moves and what it requires vocally. I think the best classical singers come from India.

I have this propensity to just come out and say things. That's how I am in real life.

When I was coming up, I just wanted to play baseball and I'm doing what I love to do most. How can I feel pressure doing what I love to do?