“Love and heartbreak is something that’s always been a part of me.”

My music is rhythm and blues and with that said, the blues element of it is a major portion.

I would pick Kendrick Lamar because he is so dope as an artist and I love his hustle and his passion.

I’m not afraid to have the ratchet side because that’s a part of me too. I like to turn up, I am from Oakland.

There are a lot of shows and opportunities to be seen like that.

Everything I do is about setting up for the next. I think that my confidence and belief in myself as well as the music and trusting my judgment of my songs really grew the most.

You last throughout the ages and you’re able to reincarnate your artistry numerous times.

It’s a competitive city, it’s full of just great artists and talent. It gave me the confidence, the passion, the realness I try my hardest to portray, so it has had about 90% influence on me.

I don’t like to veer away from the truth because I think that’s what people have fallen in love with about my music.

He is fearless and the way he comes to the music is like we share the same passion for what we do and with somebody from the West. In my opinion that would be a great collaboration.

I think that I work hard to make my music as a diary for new generations who find out about it years later.

As long as it doesn’t veer away from who I am, I’m down with it.

They can go through the history and see a trail.

I feel that’s why people can connect so well with it because it’s all honest.

I can’t be passionate about something that I don’t understand. In my music.

My music is very raw, it’s emotional, and it’s honest.

But at the same time, there’s still a classy side to me that I’ve seen in Oakland as well.

Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”

You need to experience life to be able to write about friendships, relationships, and heartbreak.

Life in the spirit is a suffering way, filled with watching and laboring, burdened by weariness and trial, punctuated by heartbreak and conflict.

There is only one way of surviving all the early heartbreaks in this business. You must have a sense of humor. And I think it also helps if you are a dreamer. I had my dreams all right. And that is something no one can ever take away.

I would say that we like to disguise our heartbreaks with happier melodies.

I am so weak over love and heartbreak.

I feel like pain is the quickest way to relate to someone because everybody has been through that and everybody has had a heartbreak.