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.

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

I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.

The most important thing is to be proud of the work that you put into something, and put the ego aside.

Prayer keeps me centered.

Hand me the world on a silver platter, and what good would it be?