I wasn't raised to not write about issues, and I'm just living in really politically charged times. You know, I'd rather write songs about girls, but it's just hard to do right now.

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

My dad was in a wheelchair and on oxygen for the last few years of his life.

I'm a very disciplined person when it comes to my work, but discipline can't save m from being a drug addict.

I've never known of Wal-Mart to be a good neighbor in any town it's ever moved into.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

Politics and music don't necessarily go hand in hand. They just do for me.