Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.

What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other.

I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.

I don't think I'm tough in a so called tough way. I'm tough on myself.

I got sent to a health camp when I was about 6 years old, and we all had to wear the same starchy blue uniform. The lady who took care of me after school knit me a burgundy sweater. It was the only thing that gave me any individuality.

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there.