I'm kind of a recluse when it comes to going outside.

I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen.

The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.

Hopefully my music is medicine, some type of antidote for something or some kind of explanation or just to feel good.

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.