I woke up one morning, went downstairs, said 'Good morning' to my mother and nearly scared both of us to death.'

Blacks own so little of the music business, it's pathetic. But I see that changing soon. Black artists, black businessmen and women will unite.

In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody over the head and took the money. But today, all this cocaine and crack, it doesn't give kids a chance.

If you were a young kid, 19, 20 years old who has two children and a third one on the way and refuses to leave them. A kid who was on welfare, because he refused to steal anybody's property or take anybody's money. You found life a lot tougher.

I never learned to read or write music. Never wanted to fool with scales. That was boring, forced. The music I heard was free - flowing.

When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.