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

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.

You can't take yourself too seriously. But always have conviction.

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

Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.

I feel like R&B as a genre has become a caricature of itself.

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