My main interest is just to work with people who have beautiful, interesting, emotive voices; I'm not too concerned whether someone is famous.

When I listen to gospel singers pouring their heart out to God, it's the act of pouring their hearts out that interests me.

I believe that to knowingly commit actions that cause or condone suffering is reprehensible in the extreme. I call upon you to be compassionate and treat others as you want to be treated. If you don't want to be beaten, imprisoned, mutilated, killed or tortured then you shouldn't condone such behavior towards anyone, be they human or not.

The people who get more fame, who get more money, more often than not they are miserable, insecure and on anti-depressants. It's strange that everyone keeps buying into this idea that more success is good, that more fame is good, that more money is good. Yet, we look at the people who have more success, more fame, more money and they're miserable.

I like the humility that comes from being hated. Hopefully some humility and compassion comes out of that.

I just want to try - on a daily basis keep trying - to make music that I really love.

Never have public feuds with anyone who's surrounded by people who carry guns.