And you know, art as commerce, doesn't really make too much sense, they don't go together.

The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.

No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live in a neighborhood that deals with oppressed conditions, you deserve to be treated like a criminal. In our Constitution it says you have the right to live without illegal search and seizure.

What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?

Or is it the mind state that's ill, creating crime rates to fill the new prisons the build

I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

"Art Imitates life," of course, is that phrase by Oscar Wilde. I called that song "Art Imitates Life" because Oh No was in the studio and he actually came up with that hook. When I was trying to figure out a name for the record, it just kind of made sense.