The people have allowed me to - they've respected my choice of wanting to be like, a little, you know, a baby alchemist, and just trying to mix different cultures together and things that I think are interesting.

That's our job as artists is to be honest about what we're feeling. And what we're feeling is not always going to be perfect. Sometimes it's going to be controversial. Sometimes it's going to piss a couple of people off. Sometimes it's going to motivate people. Sometimes it's going to inspire.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

I'm a fan of music, first and foremost. So I do things from the perspective of a fan.

As individuals, I just think that our biggest responsibility is to be self-aware, and some of us are not.

I think all music is a gift from God.

So when I'm playing, I'm sort of painting a feeling in the air.