I basically camped out for a year and a half in an Airstream trailer on the beach out in front of the studio. I had no idea what I was gonna do, what kind of album I was gonna make - all I knew was that I wanted to sit there and just take in whatever came.

I was in Paris last year, where there's a great appreciation of many different aspects of African culture and of black culture. The music... the art... whatever... And I kind of went with that.

To let go of the illusion that I'm in control is an important lesson, because I tend to be a person who likes to be in control, not only of my art but of my life and things around me, and it can be healthy up to a certain point, but at the end of the day, we have to go on faith and learn to let go and ride the wave.

God is love and if you are ready, he always is.

I couldn't tell you what I am going to do next 'cause I have no idea, but I am open to anything.

I find cooking to be the one thing that relaxes me. I don't get to do it often . . .

The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist.