Writing the songs is always emotional and most of the vocals on there are the first three takes from the demos, because they give so much more. You're in that moment, so it speaks for itself.

My main inspirations are the people around me, heartbreaks, frustration and everything that makes you feel stronger than you should.

For me, everything that you're passionate about always comes with a little pain. That's how life is, and that's how I want to live it. I don't want it to be balanced and ordinary.

A good song stays in your head because it's catchy, a great song stays because it means something to you.

There's this cliché of always falling in love with the latest song, and I'm kind of like that.

I want the feeling where you don't really know what to do with yourself - in the vocals, in the production. Everything.

It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist!

I'd love to come to New Zealand!! I've been to Australia a few times - I'm well aware it's not the same country. I've heard from people it's beautiful - great diving, music and no scary animals.

The old me is sure making things difficult for the current me.

Competition is not about fighting, it is all about helping each other to achieve a common goal.

Being compared to Biggie, that's the best feeling a rapper could have

Don't fear tomorrow, till today's done with you.

Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.

God's solution is a prayer away!

I know you guys have some sort of weird thing going on, with that game you play and everything—" "It's called a friendship.

The attitude of silent observation is the very foundation of yoga. You see the picture, but you are not the picture.

I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.

If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people should come upon hard times, why should they immediately give up on themselves?