I’ve never made a record before, but I’ve been singing my versions of Prince or Santana songs on special occasions for a few years now. For joy and fun.

I started working on it a year and a half ago with the goal of quickly having a whole album ready. But the road to creating a song is painful. I throw away a lot of ideas because I don’t like them, I look for my genre, thematic threads and relationships between songs.

When I feel like I’ve finally found it, I only release songs that I support. That’s been my dream since childhood. But I don’t have the courage or the topic to do it yet.

There are two types of artists. Whether they are entertainers, or those who report something, feel responsible and want to change something. I am one of the latter. Of course there must be fun in making music, but for me the most important thing is opinion. And it’s also true that I’ve only developed it in the last few years. I couldn’t have recorded this record like five years ago, I’m not mature enough for that.

I think the biggest problem in the world is equality. Most of the conflicts that occur today are based on someone’s assumption that someone is not equal to them. It doesn’t matter whether it’s about the rights of homosexuals, women, people with disabilities, racism or the conflict between Christians and Muslims. We live together on this planet, but I think we act as if we are alone.

This is a topic that is close to me and I discuss it in my life. I think those things can be changed.

I just didn’t touch on the topic I was talking about. I put my time, energy and money into it. At the same time, for example, I started a project with a kindergarten for disabled children. What I want to convey to these people is not to depend on institutions to solve their problems. In my opinion, if they want to help someone or something, it is not enough to just talk or send money somewhere.

This is a chain reaction. Thanks to the songs on this album, people from all over the world write to me. Most often they are Czechs, but many of them live in Africa or Australia, for example, and follow what is happening in the Czech music scene via the Internet.

I was also pleased with the response of many young people, as previously I thought the topic of equality was too serious for them.

When your music, or any other form of art, provokes discussion, it is the first step to realizing what and why this is happening and whether things could be better.

In the Czech Republic, politics is what matters most. Elections are always a way to determine whether the stronger party will harm the weaker party, or vice versa. Elections have always simply divided our society, except perhaps for the first single election after November 1989.

Currently what is happening in the world is that mistakes made in the past have become so entrenched that some countries and societal groups still feel the need to take retaliatory action. If this is not changed then the conflict will continue.

No, I was clear about that before it came out. I didn’t start earlier because I didn’t have a clear view. Now I know that I want to continue and I want to dedicate myself to this problem until the end of my life. I have another record ready, and when my job and financial situation allow me to devote myself more to it and produce another project, I will do it.

You’re right about that. Now that I’m in America directing West’s new Yeezus tour, I see the professional attitude of the entire team. But once I return to the Czech Republic and want to be professional, I usually encounter arguments that I have excessive demands. I can’t find the right people here, other people don’t understand me, they fool me and say that it is done differently. They just look for reasons why it can’t be done, not how it can happen. I want to take them all on tour with us and show them that it can be done differently and better.

So I approached the record with this experience. I lean on the people of America and us, who are not afraid to work and keep looking for the best way.