My current mantra is that sometimes we need teachers in our lives. I never had that in my life, parents and stuff like that; I tried to stay on the outside of them or anybody that had that kind of influence.

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

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

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.

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

I have to be very careful about diet and exercise.

I don't always win at this, but I know I do better when I meditate.