The natural effort of every individual to better his own condition， when suffered to exert itself with freedom and security， is so powerful a principle that it is alone， and without any assistance， not only capable of carrying on the society to wealth and prosperity but of surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.

I'm not comfortable with comfort. I'm only comfortable when I'm uncomfortable.

I want to make music that makes people feel something.

The real is always mediated through the symbolic.

Singing is not only my career, but also my passion.