I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face, because how we treat the poor is a reflection of who we are as a people.

You don't know what will happen from one minute to the next.

Moments are so fleeting; I want to hold on to the good ones. When I am truly present, I feel alive, and I want everyone around me to share that feeling so we can make the most of that moment together.

But when I first fell in love with the piano, I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didnt exist.

It's a beautiful blessing that I get to help raise a man. And I want to show him as much as possible.

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood. I grew up around drugs, alcohol, prostitution, I grew up around everything, and I think part of seeing that from really young has made me really steer very far away from it in all of its forms.