We're all equally important at the end of the day.

When I was a kid I used to want to be a Beethoven or something. That was my dream.

That's something that I've always gotten: a sense of humanity, a sense of awareness of yourself and the world around you.

I love Louisiana fried fish, but it's all Martin Luther King, I can't go over there.

Just be comfortable. Sometimes, when open up for a bigger artist at a conventional concert, you can feel unwelcome. But when you're playing a festival, people come to see music in general - so don't be fearful. The people are there to enjoy and discover new music so approach the show with confidence and optimism.

I don't really have a focus, I just make music.

I live in a pretty liberal place, so it's a lot of hidden racism and things like that. If you really look up California, it's a really shitty place when it comes to things like that. So I think it will just take time. Old people have to die. Once the generation right under my Mom dies, we'll be fine.