The simple things in life ground me and keep me focused so Im able to do a good job with what is in front of me.

I really worked with icons in the music business, which really had a strong effect on me. It wasn't just pick-up gigs.

Serious musicians are finding it harder and harder to have a voice in the world of music these days.

My love life is like everyone else's - great, and then terrible.

I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.

I am blessed to have Mom and Dad.