I want to go Africa. I want to go to China. There are some places I want to go not to work, but to really explore and to see for my own education.

I just think Josephine Baker life story needs to be done. I think she was an extraordinary woman. To see someone who was basically a showgirl have the kind of lifestyle she had was extraordinary. I really think she made her own lifestyle.

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.

I listen to most everything that's out there because I need to stay aware of what's happening in the industry.

It has always been, and still is, my intention to build a playground in Central Park.

Instead of looking at the past, I put myself ahead twenty years and try to look at what I need to do now in order to get there then.

I don't care about vacations. I go away and I come back real quick because I like my work. I really like my work to consume me.