The beauty of having a producer is that you have someone who says, You're finished.

I draw from my family and my friends and I feel like that small-town person. The achievements, the materialistic possessions have really become to mean less. They mean nothing.

That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.

I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow. I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.