I don't like people who are just takers.

I have perfected the art of the mean song to make me feel like I have a backbone.

I'm really not good at anything else, so if I don't make it as a musician, I'll probably just end up living in the woods with a bunch of dogs.

You have to be nice to everybody, and then people want you to succeed.

I grew up loving Etta James and Aretha Franklin and Al Green and Otis Redding, and I just love old-school R&B. It's just music that moves you and grooves you, and it was very important, I think, for music.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.