“Push it to the limit, push it through the pain.”

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

I feel like the way I was raised was to be able to see through all the titles in this world – from religion to race.

Don’t show the world how alone you’ve become.

Nothing compares to the emptiness we both share.

Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music.

For a dreamer, nights the only time of day.

When I write, I write about my surroundings. Sometimes it’s light, and sometimes it gets very dark.

I usually dont like to spoon feed my audience, because I grew up idolizing story tellers who tell stories using symbolism, so it was in my nature to do the same.

We’ll find our love in the sky.

House of Balloons’ was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there were no expectations.

I’m the most boring person to talk to.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

I’ve had sleep paralysis.

They asked me why I don’t quit drinking, I told ’em I’m not a quitter.

Nothing is stopping me from doing what I love to do.

So you’re somebody now, but what’s somebody in a nobody town?

Whatever it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting.

Say what you doin and not what you finna do.

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

If you don’t back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn’t mean a thing.

Don’t pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

Even in a hard time, God is still working.

If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word ‘freedom’ out of your vocabulary.

More men have become great through practice than by nature.