When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.

I don't know if I'd go with an alien to space. I would have to feel the alien's vibe. I'm a vibe person.

It's the unknown that makes me feel the most vulnerable.

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

When I did get signed and I was going around letting people know what I was about, that's exactly how I did it: me on the piano, playing a couple of songs I'd written and talking to the people in between. That's how I got my performance chops up.

Why give up before we try?

It's karma, baby. And it goes around.