I've quit drugs and drinking and been into healthy stuff like yoga.

Everything I do has to come from a sense of fun and joy.

I just feel like everyone (including myself) on the planet is a little confused; we are all so driven by consumption - shopping, eating, getting high, whatever - anything to not "feel" what is really going on.

I wanted to make some music with deeper meaning mixed with the fun and cool stuff I've been doing for so long.

I love New York so much; I could never live anywhere else, and ESPECIALLY not in my hometown.

My parents were real classic rock freaks, so I heard a lot of Zeppelin, Stones, Hendrix stuff. Thankfully, they were also into lots of old soul, too, so we listened to Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind & Fire and War. I was so isolated where I grew up (a small town in Pennsylvania) that there was literally no culture.

I don't like being preachy. I think using fun and humor is an excellent way to make people think.