Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

I'm not shy about heated debate or passionate discourse, but when people get crazy or rude, that's a buzz kill. There's got to be a better code of conduct, some basic etiquette.

Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, "I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there!" Then you get across the street and you're like, "Yeah I'm here!" And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.

There are a lot of people who call themselves teachers or leaders, but they're really just propagandists.

They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.