I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art, and computer science; things that I would have never had the opportunity to even meet had it not been for those people taking time out of their schedules, helping us as children to travel all over the world while sitting in a gymnasium. That's what I did before I was a musician, before I was a recording artist, I was a teacher and a community leader.

I'm only in competition with my last level. It don't have nothing to do with music or anything. And the last level is hard competition, the last place you were.

My style is a little masculine, and what I loved about Pyer Moss was how well he can make a blazer, the looseness of those pants, or color palette that he chooses from season to season.

Breathing becomes really easy when you're laughing. It kick starts that feeling of joy.

I started performing at two or three on a tape recorder, one of those little flat recorders where you just push play and record.

I love to leave the interpretation of my music up to the listener. It's fun to see what they'll say it is

I'm more like an oven than a microwave.