Wait, I'm deciding to be my own individual self. And it looks nothing like what anyone else is doing.

Business can change you, and chew you up, and spit you out, and be rid of you, and on to the next thing. That's why it's so important to know who you are and stand up for something.

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

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.

Oh My God, the [hip-hop] videos! The imagery is so awful! I just can't get with it at all. The best thing I can say about it is that sometimes you have to see that kind of stuff so as to have a more balanced view about why it's so bad.

I grew up around the theatre. My mother is an actress. I would fall asleep on tons of theatre chairs. It's in my blood; it's in my spirit and my fabric of who I am.