I’ve always considered it a great privilege to be a musician, I’ve never lost sight of that.

I've walked these streets, in a carnival of sights to see. All the cheap thrill seekers, the vendors & the dealers, they crowded around me. Have I been blind? Have I been lost, inside myself and my own mind? Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my eyes have seen? I've walked these streets, in a spectacle of wealth & poverty. In the diamond market, the scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me.

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.

The research phase was really fascinating - I'm not a closeted nerd, I'm an out-of-the-closet nerd.

Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.

I don't want to live in a culture of despair. I'd like to live in a culture of hope.

Life is sweet, life is also very short.