That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.

My goal is to connect with people emotionally. I take life’s experiences and translate them into music — music that hopefully creates an impact on the listener.

The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.

We need to learn how to love each other. If we cannot do that, then we need to learn to respect one another. If we can't manage to do that, then we must learn to tolerate each other.

I really and truly believe that music represents humanity’s soul.

If you leave yourself open to learning, then you can benefit and enjoy an incredibly rewarding and insightful experience. These experiences are the driving force in my life, and they keep me alive and inspire not only my music but also my everyday life.