The poetry I grew up on is really an intense form of poetry; it's so pure and powerful.
To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.
I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.
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.
You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I'm in that moment now where I'm finding the world's voice.
Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.
