I don't have any dreams or aspirations or goals I want to meet music-wise, so there's nothing to keep me from being level-headed.
Creating music and just having someone's art directs the way you think about life subconsciously.
I would for sure do a thousand dollar meet and greet because literally every single person knows where I live.
There's a price tag on everything including black people's lives and what they do with them.
I feel like finding the balance is the struggle with making music in general.
I'm a beat hoarder. I'll record five songs in a year and I still hoard beats.
That's the crazy part about music, that you can just be someone and it means something.
If you try to make music and try to convey to everyone that everything is all peachy-keen, you might come off like you're full of it, and that could be something that draws listeners away.
When you have this job [as an entertainer] you're suddenly not a person anymore.
I love Louisiana fried fish, but it's all Martin Luther King, I can't go over there.
Just be comfortable. Sometimes, when open up for a bigger artist at a conventional concert, you can feel unwelcome. But when you're playing a festival, people come to see music in general - so don't be fearful. The people are there to enjoy and discover new music so approach the show with confidence and optimism.
I don't really have a focus, I just make music.
Music was never really something I wanted to do, so I never thought about it as a kid.
I was never like, "Oh man, I want a Grammy and I'll do whatever it takes". Someone like that might not do what it takes to have a decent touring career, because they're in the studio trying to master whatever they're doing to win a Grammy.
When kids can't come to my show, I feel bad, because grown-up 21 and up people really probably don't need my help as much as an 11-year-old child.
