I feel like when I'm writing for other people, when I'm doing rap hooks, it's kinda like playing dress up for me...

I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope

The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it.

I always wanted to be an artist. I think I was just waiting on somebody to approve me and be like, "Oh, okay, you should be an artist," you know 'cause it wasn't until I stopped looking for approval that I could actually do it.

With songs I almost see the images, see the action, and then all I have to do is describe it. It's almost like watching a scene from a film, and that's what I go about trying to catch in a song.

I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.

I'm doing quite a lot of painting on stones - little funny fish and animals.