I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.

I'm not scared about saying what I think.

I think that at one moment you're apt for one thing, and at the next moment you're apt for something else.

I find inspiration in everything.

Las Vegas is a very strange place. It's a place of broken dreams.

I am the consequence of a particular type of demographic movement, one that has always involved paying a high price. But I don't know much about styles or genres. I only know notes and chords.

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.