Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was a huge influence for me musically.

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.

I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but I want to STAY ALIVE.

If I can do just one tenth of the good Michael Jackson did for others, I can really make a difference in this world.

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.

I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The qualities of the one you admire are the traits that you, with a little practice, can make your own, and that, if practiced, will become habit forming.