I don't feel political most of the time. Sometimes I'm placed in positions because no one else will go there.

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

The people of Somalia just do not have a voice. They are to me the most forgotten people in the world.

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.