Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.
You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end.
Shilo, when I was young, I used to call you name.
Drop your shrink and stop your drinkin', crunchy granola's neat.
Songs are life in 80 words or less.
I get good vibes from people. There is a thread of DNA that runs from the days that I was a young teenager to these days. It feels good to go back there.