I really don't pay too much attention; I don't go out of my way to read any interviews.

I think blues music is music of the soul. Of course, there are other forms. You could call some classical music blues music in that way.

I find it hard myself to feel justified to sing in a very politically direct way about war or social conditions because I feel so ignorant of a lot of it.

Shame is the shadow of love.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

I was working with D'Mile - he's amazing! And I don't know, it was like that guitar riff was so crazy to me, and so I think I was frustrated about something that happened earlier and I feel like I'm just a good guy, I don't cut people off, I don't really call people out when they do stuff that they should be called out on, and I'm just always the one being the bigger person. So, that day "Gangster" just came out. That's just how I feel in that day to day life.