A lot of people think I live in a soul bubble.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.

I DJ all the time, as much as I possibly can. I'll never stop. That's my security blanket, that's what I'm good at. I still consider myself a better DJ than a singer. I can DJ in my sleep.

Nowhere on earth has more soul than Detroit.

That's one of the most important things to me is that Detroit and Ann Arbor got my back. If you don't have hometown love, then what's the point?

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

A big part of the Motown formula was, they took music and turned it into this sort of automotive assembly line. They were cranking out 10 songs a day in that studio, or more.

Drums, bass, guitar, keys, I play a little of each of those.

I consider myself to have a decent sense of humor. What's life without a sense of humor?

My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.

I shopped at J. Crew in high school, I studied computer science. I was a nerd-nerd, now I'm a music-nerd.

Your mind is your kingdom, and there you are ruler

Why do I need clothes?" she said as she found the black lacy pair she'd been looking for. "Two words -- burnt eggs.

There are always pressures on decision-makers other than just what is right or what is wrong.

Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune.

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

And inasmuch as feeling, the East's gift, Is quick and transient,- comes, and lo! is gone, While Northern thought is slow and durable.

Once the voices are in your head, it's either make a movie or kill a lot of people.

In fiction I think we should have no agenda but to tell the truth.