Art can play a major role. I look at art as an alternative source of energy, the same way we might look at wind or solar or lithium batteries.

My love is my soul's imagination. How do I love you? Imagine.

When I wake up in the morning, the first things that I see are the clouds. They're right there. I look out my window now and there's always, always a black bird of some sort on the ledge there. Usually I wake up and look at the birds.

this is her body this is her blood

Books are carefully folded forests/void of autumn/bound from the sun

American culture is often so self-consumed that we often think that our problems are just our problems.

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done