I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

I just hope that our fans are people who are inspired by music, and just use our music as a background or inspiration for whatever it is they do.

Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.

The colored folks been singing it and playing it just like I'm doin' now, man, for more years than I know. I got it from them.

It is Billie Holiday who was, and still remains, the greatest single musical influence on me.

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones and just what feels good. It takes me back to the type of music that I grew up on in my household. We played a lot of gangsta rap, but we also played a lot of oldies, and I think that mix is part of what inspires my sound.