Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

Real music lovers are actually my favourite kind of people because they like to know, rather than just be told what to think.

First of all, the music that people call Latin or Spanish is really African. So Black people need to get the credit for that.