That's what I enjoy most about my music, that it heals in its own time and makes us look at ourselves in its own time.

In Philadelphia, you are welcome, and that's The City of Brotherly Love. I think that makes us culturally thick and sound, so you can experience all kinds of cultural authenticity.

I am making an effort to truly live. I don't mean to imply by that that I haven't been alive before but, with my son being here and such a powerful force in my life, he's given me a freedom to be more. I think that sometimes we can get stuck, and just the fact that he's here says so much to me about my own existence. I didn't think I'd be able to have children, and this level of blessing is something I can't even put my finger on.

I've been enjoying playing with fashion - gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that.

I'm a world-class people watcher. I like to watch people's body movements, their expressions. It says so much about them.

There are black marriages that are still going strong 40 years later. You hear so many myths that there aren't any people making it, but there are. As long as there are some, there's hope.

My grill is intended to be discreet. It's there because I enjoy jewelry.