I'm not here to write a song for you, I'm here to help you write a song for yourself.

I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language.

There's a lot of stuff in the club that's like, it's cool there because you're drinking and all you wanna do is do ignorant sh*t.

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.

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

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