Ku ntsinzi ya Album ye ya gatanu 1989: Ati: "Ibintu byose mu muziki no mu mahanga byaracyabaye byerekana ko igitekerezo cyanjye kandi igitekerezo cyanjye cyari uburibwe cyane kandi gifite ibyiringiro. Ndetse n'abantu bo mu kirango cyanjye batekereje. Ariko tumaze kubona imibare ku munsi wa mbere wo kugurisha, nahise mpagarika kureba nabi. "
Ko yakuriye i Pennsylvania, hafi ya New York: Ati: "Igihe namenyaga bwa mbere ko nshaka gukina kuri stage, nahise nshaka gucuranga ikinamico. Niko bimeze i New York ko nirukanye kumva. Nari mfite imyaka 10, ariko nari ndushya mfite imyaka 16. Kandi hari abagera kumyaka 22 hafi yuruhare rwimyaka 10 barabyakira. Hanyuma natangiye gufata amasomo y'ijwi mu mujyi, na mama tumara amasaha abiri mu nzira. "
Kubyerekeye uburyo amenya abahanzi bashya bafite impano: "Ndagura indirimbo zabo kuri iTunes. Ni iki gikunze gucana kuri enterineti, ibyo inshuti zanjye zanditswe kuri twitter. Kandi iTunes itanga ibyifuzo byiza: "Ukunda Umwami? Noneho urashobora gukunda broods. " Nibyo, nkunda broods! "