People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them.

You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.

In the darkest place, shed the brightest light.

I learned jazz; that comes from blues. I learned rock; that comes from blues. I learned pop; that comes from blues. Even dance, that comes from blues, with the answer-and-response.

Men and women are different. I don't think men grow a brain until 26 or even 30. Girls mature a lot quicker.

On my darkest days, I wear my brightest colors.

It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.