If you really love music, people can tell if you love music. You have to just stick with it.

The way to stay inspired and motivated is by doing what you like, doing what you love.

I just follow great people. If you want to play like a pro, you learn from the pros.

Isaac Hayes told me once, 'There's no such thing as old-school. Either you went to school or you didn't.'

Kids are probably frustrated and egos are too much involved and kids don't know how to get together and be kids and start a group and it's kind of sad because I feel like if you come out with three or four people in the beginning, you can be protected and everybody can shield each other. Before you get out there by yourself and get all these people coming at you. I just think it's not really there.

I'm using more energy than ever.

Friendship, harmony, and leadership - pushin' people, just givin' people that push, like I would expect them to do for me, they'd do the same for me in return.