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

You have to stand for something or you fall for everything.

As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.

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.

It is proven that when women are educated, the ability of the country goes up immediately.

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.

Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense.