I think in a world where everyone wants to categorize and compartmentalize and rationalize, it's OK to be different.

There's just something really, really timeless about live instruments. There's just something special about them that you can't really duplicate or grasp without including live instruments.

What makes your life different from the next n***a? There is something special about you, so let me help you bring out your individuality.

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

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?

I think my style as far as vocal delivery and even down to the pronunciation of certain words is so deliberate.

The grass isn't always greener on the other side. I start off kind of in love and then I leave love and I'm single.