I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.

I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see limitations where there should be none. I know there are things I wouldn't write about, but that shouldn't be the case. You should be able to make a song out of anything, out of any situation.

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to me that's a good thing.

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there.