Quotes from Masego

Something I do naturally is I just involve women in my professional work. I hire them, I pay them, I put them in the workplace I'm involved in.

I thought I was cool until I left the country. I went to Tokyo, and I was like, man, why am I wearing these jorts?

Most of my music is reflective, imaginative. A lot of it is about how I'm going to feel in the future.

You're allowed to be a little bit weird and still get massive attention. The fact that a Solange can work or a Daniel Caesar can work or even how far Kendrick Lamar has gotten. People are getting more comfortable.

Women who care about your health is such a cool thing. Your homies won't remind you to not eat gluten.

I have two sisters, so there was no brother to beat up on. As a result, I've never hidden from emotions.

Full circle: 2014 I go from playing on the street to getting invited to play on stage, now 2016 I'm headlining.

When I was about 15 years old, I used to have a lot of jam sessions at my house. And all the kids would kind of come over, and I would kind of deejay some music that I discovered that month.

My father's from Jamaica.

Jazzy Jeff is somebody who taught me what I really wanted to do for other people. He has the big ol' house where musicians can come there, stay for a while, create music, eat, reset.

I was joked by a lot of older musicians because I was playing saxophone over trap beats or future bounce beats, and it just wasn't what you do. They were just like play some John Coltrane and get in the corner. But that's just not how I work.

Everything that I'm doing, it's like a future jazz, future trap house movement.

I didn't get to have a girlfriend, bring her over to the house. I'm a lot slower understanding some of those things, but I never see it as a disadvantage.

I like to dress well, I like to look good, I like to smell good.

I don't want to Kanye it, but I listen to myself a lot.

I've always been attracted to something that's a little bit left - Korean R&B, South African hip-hop. I'm really curious about my homies back in Jamaica, what are they listening to? I'm always searching.

'Melanin Man' was inspired by the words of an Uber driver in L.A. Before I got out of the car he said, 'They're scared of you young man. You're a king and they all know it. They want your culture, your soulful element and your style. You're Melanin Man, a super hero. Be safe out here.' Then I got out the car and took that all in.

I learn things myself. I call it YouTube University; YouTube has taught me more than anything. I learned how to tie a tie, all my pick-up lines come from YouTube reruns of 'Fresh Prince.'

I'm on the Internet heavy. I'm on YouTube like it's nobody's business. That's where I discovered a cat like Reggie Watts. By learning that music, I became the black sheep in the group, like 'Here comes Masego with all that weird music.'

I remember my first trip to Toronto. There was this street musician playing an instrument I've never seen before - like, he had a hang drum on the left side and this random bagpipe, bodhran stick type of thing. It was the craziest thing ever! So I sampled it for a beat.

'Black Love' made my mama cry, so this is one of those song songs. When I hear it, it makes my heart do some things.

With 'Lady Lady' I wanted to tell a story bluntly, and that's what happened. The goal is to get Erykah Badu-ish with it because she super bares her soul and she's so blunt.

Anyone I have musical chemistry with, I recruit, and we do shows and create drum kits together and make tunes for the SoundCloud.

There's something special about the influence a woman has on me.