“Prince was a hero. He was the brother, the black man that was a little...” — Fantastic Negrito Quote

“Prince was a hero. He was the brother, the black man that was a little different. As a kid, you thought, 'Wow, he's different. If he can do it, I can do it.' I read that he was self-taught, so I started teaching myself to play the piano.”

“Nothing unifies people more than music, more than that universal riff. The one thing that unifies us and the hope that we can have, especially being an artist, is that we can create music that can build bridges and smash down very bad ideas.”

“I self-taught myself music at 19-20.”

“I am a self-taught water skier and wind surfer.”

“I had no real respect for good technique because I didn't know what it was. I was self-taught, so that stuff didn't matter to me.”