There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.

Unfortunately, the record I did with Motley wasn't exactly a huge success. But working with those guys was a huge learning experience as well as a really creative time, so I had an absolute blast...

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don't suffer if you know you're loved and valued.

I love 'Fire On The Floor.' It's just smouldering. I think it's gonna be a fantastic piece to perform live. It's filled with passion. It's about when someone you know is so bad for you, but you can't...

Especially with women in music there is this unnecessary competitive element. And, like, why? Why do people do things where they try to put peers up against each other?

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.

I love collard greens and sweet potatoes. But like, traveling, I'm always just looking for that thing where you feel like there's love in the food. Like one of the best things, in Brazil it's...

He's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic.

I got an office where I just go and put together shows, you know.

'Better Than Home,' the song, is about getting out of your hiding place and having the courage to live as loud as possible. It is about feeling the life that has been given and has been waiting for...

I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?

Music is a frequency, and my frequency, when I put it out there, is on the love vibes. It's not always sappy. Like, 'Bulletproof' is a love song. It's a black love song. I made it for my people. I...

I actually never wanted to do a remake, but I got the opportunity to make the music for 'The Humma Song' for 'Ok Jaanu,' and that is how I actually got into remaking a song.

At first, I ain't gon' lie, I used to be a little nervous about what people were gon' think about my music, but once I let that go, then everything started happening.

I just save my money, man. I don't even try to enjoy it like these other rappers; they having fun and they lit, but they gon' be broke later on. I be savin', I be chillin'. It feels good to know I got...

When people ask me a personal question, I answer it in a personal way. I can only speak from the footsteps and the shoes that I've walked in.

Technology is like the 666 because it controls us.

I'm the Wi-Fi, so I get everybody connected. I'm trying to let the whole world know that I can keep it connected if you get with me, you know what I'm saying?

Why do you judge me as a musician, John? All I'm interested in is making money.

I don't like rooms you never use or that are wasted space but I also like a sparseness and a cleanness.

Life is hard. It is. And it's like, I don't want anybody feeling any pain.

I think confidence is a true form of beauty.

I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment behind it all.

Basically I write songs, and I need for there to be a home for these songs.

I'm a massive pessimist.

I ended up living in fear for most of my childhood.

Songwriting really kicked in with the guitar. I was going through a lot as a kid. There had been a lot of transitions in my family. So it just became a total therapy, like most artists.

People in Mumbai are not really into Punjabi music, whereas those in Delhi and Gurgaon love Punjabi numbers and are totally into the peppy music.

The simple truth is that in order to become good, you have to be obsessed. You have to put in an awful lot of time and hard work and couple that with desire and unflagging perseverance.

It's very hard to behave naturally when you know people recognise you. On the other hand, I still sometimes get upgraded in hotels because someone used to like me back in the day, which is still...