My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

I'm not looking to go out there and make a rhythmic Timbaland track.

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.

My son always makes me feel vulnerable.

My mom lived on an ashram on the early eighties. She turned me on to kundalini yoga and chanting and Transcendental Meditation. That was the first time I ever knew real peace.

Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.

Did people think I sounded black? Totally, but that was a marketing tool as well, but also this is how I grew up and these are my influences.