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.

'SNL' is probably one of the premiere outlets that a musician can perform on that isn't obviously a music outlet.

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.

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

I think what I bring to the table overall is a sense of my own individuality, especially in the urban-male spectrum of what is here and now.

What is missing in a lot of urban music is perspective. You hear a lot of regurgitated perspective. It's a lot of: out at the club. Had drinks. Patrón. Big booties. It's this regurgitated idea of living in this, I don't know, one-night-stand moment that always starts at the club and Patrón. And so perspective, perspective, perspective is what I'm an advocate of.

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