I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

Taxi drivers used to ask me what kind of music I did, and I'd say, 'Well, it's kind of jazz, soul, classical' - but that makes no sense to anyone.

I like pastels and lighter shades on darker skins. I feel like it lifts everything and accentuates being chocolate.

I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.

I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.

I don't talk about Amy Winehouse as a 'singer.' She's a pioneer. I listened to her endlessly when I started writing.

I really love jazz, but I will never be a jazz musician as much as I dream. But, I think that the jazz music I love is there in my music.