Music is the soundtrack of our lives, it's essential for our lives.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

Troubled times do call for troubled songs, songs that unsettle our souls and our spirits unapologetically.

Struggling to stay in the middle class, and I love that. That's me and my dad and my family.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

I believed that President Obama was a good choice a couple of years ago because I felt that, as a black man, if he could win, it would open up progressive possibilities in this country for a lot of people. That was my major reason for believing his candidacy was a good thing. However, I don't endorse candidates, given the type of work that I do. My job is to hold people accountable.

This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have got to start taking our destiny into our hands.