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I'm writing from a place of – a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

Authenticity Center Know Only Place Writing

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Somalis really are very musically sophisticated, and they're about their own thing.

I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.

It's not really that I'm interested in filmmaking. I'm interested in the instrument of it, you know.

It was not my dream to be an artist. How could it have been? I thought, artist, much like a leader, was something you either were or weren't. Never something you set out to be.

I know that often times a lot of people who work in music, whether they be labels and so on or even artists, want personal recognition. We want to be recognized for something, for what we did. I'd rather my song be recognized for what it's doing and that's important. It's not so important how many people know me.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

I enjoy mediation. I think the artist's position is often to mend the things we feel are broken. Whether that's between two cultures or two thoughts. We're always trying to reach, trying to expand something.

I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached.

I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.

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I own a '66 Jaguar. That's the guitar I polish, and baby – I refuse to let anyone touch it when I jump into the crowd.

We've gone further on this album, where we have a Big Band song, kind of a Sinatra-type song; we have a couple songs that have electronic music on them. We've got a couple rock songs, maybe a little heavier than what we've done. So the title 'Jekyll & Hyde' really covers the breadth of the record.

I'm not an easy customer. My attention to detail could probably drive you mad. My eye still always goes toward the single flaw.

We're really blessed that we've been as well received as we have been.

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