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Nobody wants to be dancing to political songs. Every bit of music out there that’s making it into the mainstream is really about nothing. I wanted to see if I could write songs about something important and make it sound like nothing. And it kind of worked.

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Kala is about my mum and her struggle–how do you work, feed your children, nurture them and give them the power of information?

Interview to URB (2007)

Who the hell is huntin' you?
In the BMW
How the hell they find you?

I saw firsthand where the music we made ended up. It turned up in sterile bullshit clubs in LA, separated from the spirit we made it in.

Google’s more powerful than any government now – people think it’s God. They’re storing all our data and one day they’re going to turn against us.

My approach to politics is that I never said I'm smart. But why aren't I allowed to write about my experience?

Interview to Rolling Stone (2010)

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