I don't smoke or drink, but I will not tell you that I won't smoke again. Probably I will when I'm 60.

I believe in the Creator. I don't believe the creator is God. If you change G-O-D the other way, it becomes dog.

I just practice. I do six hours of practice everyday. I set to teach myself the trumpet they all said I would never play. I put the organ in my music, like if you listen to my work Day By Day, which got me my second Grammy nomination.

Whenever I'm faced with an issue, I deal with it squarely, even if I was going to fail, I try to learn from my mistakes. So if we appreciate our past, then we can understand where we are at presently.

When I die, I want to see Malcom X, Lumumba, my father, and I want to be able to look them in the eye

I will never put anybody before my family because your family is your family.

I don't understand, who is God. I don't understand God. But to simplify that, I will say I believe in creation. They say God is the Supreme Being. I don't believe so. I don't believe God created us in his image. I believe we are too small to understand totally the cosmic wonder of the universe.