As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth.

Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.

My line is probably a little more conservative than some of my compatriots in the business. But again, I think it's all - like, it just - it comes down to me knowing who I am and knowing how I want to be seen in the world, how I want to discuss things.

We all must follow a different path to let our light shine, and that's what makes us so unpredictable and unique.

​W​e're so used to having everything we want at our fingertips so I think that when things get tough it's ​difficult ​for people to persist through that.

The future started yesterday, and we're already late.

I feel like spirituality definitely comes through in my music, but I don't make any specific efforts to make it that way.