The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.

I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I share what I say, and if listeners get it, they get it. And I never underestimate the audience's ability to feel me.

I'd rather see a person with a natural mind and processed mind than a processed mind and a natural head.

I view my hair and clothes as functional art.

My mom was the Diana Ross of our clan. She was always up-to-date, and always knew what to do and what not to do in a fashion sense.

Better think while it's still legal.

I really enjoy being the child's 'welcoming committee' and to help someone usher his or her spirit into the world in a very peaceful way is very effortless to me.