'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.

Artist development is something that I've been passionate about from my days at Uptown and Motown Records.

Everyone has the notion that hip-hop is messy and loose, but there's also another level to it.

I was obsessed with Chubby Checker and old dances, like the twist.

'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.

I think that there was a fad where everyone said, "I want you to create a signature step for my artist." The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?

You are absolutely enough the way you are.