I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.

I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car.

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around.

Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you can never again think of the people of that culture as less than yourself. I would like to believe that if I am deeply moved by a song originating from some place other than my own homeland, then I have in some way shared an experience with the people of that culture. I have been pleasantly contaminated. I can identify in some small way with it and its people.

I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.

I came to New York to be a fine artist - that was my ambition.