There are tears. There's laughter. There's an unconscious thing happening between us as humans. There's so much about the brain that we don't understand. I believe everybody's empathic.

When you follow your heart, you always win and it feels so good.

I think when you mature, you realize that you really don't have to do anything you don't want to do or be represented in a way that doesn't suit you.

Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well.

Touring is a favorite part of what I do. I love connecting with the fans in that immediate way.

Art and life go together. I have to have a life filled with experiences to make art, and I have to have art around me to live well.

I can't understand marketing. I think it's because I never looked at what I do as a job. I've rebelled against that and I will continue to.