On the future of music:

“The future of music is the future of the people. Music, just like any good art form, follow the will of the people and where the people go. Every once in a while you have leaders in the music like a Bob Marley or a Fela Kuti, or a Nina Simone or people who step outside of music and become citizens of the world. But for the most part, musicians are the voice of the struggle, or the voice of the people and it’s up to the people to inspire the musicians to write songs about them.”

On the upcoming album, Prisoner Of Consciousness:

“That album is in its infant stages, even though it’s something I’ve been talking about for a long time. There are prisoners of consciousness all over the world. And the idea of me being an artist who’s considered a conscious artist. Sometimes people put me in a metaphorical or symbolic box to whereas my music is not placed on the same pedestal as some of the more mainstream acts. And it feels like sometimes. So with this album, what my goal is is to go deeper into the struggle and maybe even make my most conscious album to date, but to do it in a way where the music is so quality and so good that you could never ever ever front on it – that’s really what my goal is with this album.”