A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to.

It was important to me to go back to the grungy, because all of a sudden you get excited again, 'cause there's another whole dimension of 'Clef that you wasn't expecting to hear.

You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.

What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.

Keep in mind: true revolution is only seven people, right?

I think the greatest thing about America is the American Dream.

I've never really [written] something that was inspired.