I am a storyteller with my music. And my story, nobody gonna tell it for me.

Don't let anyone define you from what you live through and everything that they think you stand for. Just be proud of who you are.

I want everybody to be happy because, if you're happy, you are more open to other people. Don't let misery bring you down.

Don't let misery bring you down.

Your color doesn't define your brain nor your soul. You can stand next to any human being and challenge that person as long as you use your brain.

I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards the music that I do, and the subject that I'm speaking of at that time.

The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.