My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.

A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally.

I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

Who doesn't love a little Taylor Swift in their life? You know you need a little Taylor Swift in your life.

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.

If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within.

I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett.

Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence.

magic persists without us no matter what we may do to try to spoil it

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics.

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.

Philosophy and the arts are but a manifestation of the intelligible ideas that move the public mind; and thus they become visible images of the nations whence they emanate.

The keys to success, in business and in life, are truthfulness, the ability to take and give, honest and well-intended feedback, strength of character and conviction in one's principles

I'm one of those people that think Thomas Edison and the light bulb changed the world more than Karl Marx ever did.