But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can't tell you how frustrating it was that they didn't get that. No joke - I'd leave meetings crying all the time.

I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.

I am not a fan of books.

The media crucify me like they did Christ.

I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis - you know, that liked nice things also.

I gave him his first TV and he needs to remember that.

Let the music defuse all the tension.