Before something great happens, everything falls apart. Just hold on long enough to get through the smoke screen.

People are still hearing your music. They might not be buying it, but they might be having it and you don't know it. Your music is still out there.

My whole thing has always been as long as everybody else is going through it, I can go through it as well.

The people that buy music might not be able to afford to buy music. It might not even be a situation where people don't want to buy your stuff. It might be a situation where they can't afford to buy it because food prices are too high. I can respect that.

There's nothing you can do about what social media is now or the internet. You just try to find other avenues to make yourself seen and heard.

Just to be able to release an album back in the day when I came out was very gratifying. Most people were not given the opportunity.

Im living proof you can excel regardless of where you come from.