We [americans] self-regulate ourselves, we self-censor ourselves a lot in this country instead of having someone else censor us so we can blame them. That's not good, either.

Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.

Awareness in our society has flipped all types of injustice on its head.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding through psychology and intellect in modern civilization.

In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here and there.

We [americans] self-regulate ourselves, we self-censor ourselves a lot in this country instead of having someone else censor us so we can blame them. That's not good, either.