A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.

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.

So the most natural thing to me is to stay as pure to or real to or close to who I am as possible.

If you invite negativity in, you have to feed it and hang out with it. Best not to invite it in.

If you want to relate to a certain audience or generation, you have to speak their language. I truly believe that.

Now my record deal helps me to do things for free or give more time to my community than I could otherwise.

It just works better for me to discriminate between which thoughts are mine and which come from elsewhere, before I even talk about them or express them - it helps to keep me focused on my path.