We were poor. But my mom never accepted that. She worked hard to become a residential contractor - got her master's with honors at the University of New Orleans. I used to go to every class with her. Her father was my paternal figure.

There's just some magic in truth and honesty and openness.

I don't fear anybody... at all.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

I feel like I was writing as I was learning to talk. Writing was always a go-to form of communication.