I'm a family guy. A lot of my songs are inspired by my kids. Simple relationships. Watching them grow up, watching them share experiences with me and….

Bittersweet is kind of my own favourite style because I want to be able to cry to the same song that I also can laugh to..

I've never been the straight rapper that is going to stand in a cipher and battle all day. I started off battle rapping, but to me, making songs beca….

There is a song of Gainsbourg that Jane Birkin sang, and the words are beautiful in French. It says, "Le jeu et les moi." It's impossible to translat….

Not one song on the charts is being played naturally. But when you go see someone live it's special. Even though you can fool people, I know there ar….

My songs get to a stage where they resist any further change, you know? And that's kind of where they are, short of re-recording or starting again. T….

Cicala to cicala is dear, and ant to ant, and hawks to hawks, but to me the muse and song..

Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense..

The song of canaries Never varies, And when they're moulting They're pretty revolting..

All is One (Nature, God).

I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things.

The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'. If you think that al….

The first music you really fall in love with is more than just music. It's something that clicks in you beyond the song; it's a message or image that….

So pretty much, to sum it up, if you can freak someone out and bring that kind of emotion out of somebody with a song, you're doing something right..

I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just ….

I've been given an opportunity to greatly impact people's lives through music. I want people to truly experience my heart, to connect with them on an….

I don't feel I have to write deep and meaningful songs; they can be light and meaningless. It has to do with the place I am in my life, a really good….

To take part in the African revolution, it is not enough to write a revolutionary song. You must fashion the revolution with the people. And if you f….

Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the protagonist in the s….

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right..

Most pop albums I was looking at as examples to point out production elements had a song that made you want to dance. I've been listening to electron….