Look, I got 11,052 songs on my iPod. Cyndi Lauper, Guns N' Roses, Geto Boys, N.W.A. push shuffle and anything will come on.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

I don't care who the president is - it isn't just all about who's black or who's white or who's Republican or Democrat, it's about who is for the betterment of people, period.

My kids listen to everything because I listen to everything, so it's not far-fetched to hear them playing Metallica and then playing A Tribe Called Quest or N.W.A.

When I leave a room, it's gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I'm a soul-funk crusader.

I'm a Libertarian. I'm liberty, justice for all, liberty for all.

We missed a lot of church, so the music is our confessional.