My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I knew my role as a young lady and as someone with moral structures and principles. She taught me that if I was going to be involved with anything, whether it be spirituality, music, or some skill, that I have to practice.

The reason why you don't see people looking like me is because I don't encourage that. I encourage you to be you.

Man, I don't want to have nothing to do with computers. I don't want the government in my business.

We mainly focus on putting music, art, dance, theater, all forms of art, back into the community, so the community can put it into the world.

My favorite jewelry, it's just what I'm feeling at the time.

It's just that little box in the middle of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Most of the time I go I don't even leave that apartment. I have just enough: a little bed, a little kitchen with two pots. I make some tea and I look out the window or just lay down.

What I like about houses like Givenchy. It's easy to pull from. With Givenchy you can accessorize to build anything, any look.