“I hope I contribute something useful to the human family. That's my in...” — Fantastic Negrito Quote

I hope I contribute something useful to the human family. That's my intention. And I hope that it's useful to people.

I came up with the album name 'Please Don't Be Dead' because I felt like we'd lost our way as a society - and I know what happens when you chase the wrong things. It's the story of my life.

What did winning a Grammy do for me? It made me want to get rid of my Grammy, pack it away, and never see it again. It made me not want to speak to anyone who wanted to speak about my Grammy.

I love the power of music and artistry and feel a responsibility having a platform to preach good things.

I'm not deluded enough to think that everyone who knows my name is a listener. You know, I hope that part of that interest - part of that public interest - has to do with me still making records that people like.

Hope is not weakness. It's oxygen, a crack in the window, the pale slash of moonlight across a dusty room.

My hope has dimmed;

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.

Hope is a grand thing, and having heroes is essential to human aspiration. That is part of why I tell these stories. That said, you do need to learn to separate the story—and what it has done to you—from the individual who prompted it. Art—and all stories are art, even the ones about real people—is about what it does to you.