No matter how big or successful and famous you become, if you do that, that's the most fulfilling thing, is making music that you love and that you're proud of.

As a young black boy, it made me proud to see black leaders that did something amazing and made the world change.

I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.

My first big break came with Lauryn Hill on a track called Everything is Everything, I played piano on that track way back in 1998.

It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.

Why wouldn't I help? What good reason do I have as a human being with power and a sense of empathy and morality, why wouldn't I do something?

I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.