I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

I feel like I haven't done anything. What have I done? I've just made a few records.

Some people come up and ask for an autograph and don't even look at me. They're like, 'Here, do it.' That don't bother me, but it doesn't open my heart.

I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

I'll dabble here and there in different forms of the art, but the label has me locked down like a slave so, of course, I'll be doing albums during this time

Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."

We as Black people have to tell our own stories. We have to document our history. When we allow someone else to document our history the history becomes twisted and we get written out. We get our noses blown off.