Me being in my grandmother's yard in Brooklyn. I must have been about 3. I had this red balloon. I let go of it, and it went up into the sky and just kept going and going. I completely flipped out, because I didn't understand why.

There's certain things in life that I love. One is architecture. And music, culture, food, people. New Orleans has all of that.

We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.

Me being in my grandmother's yard in Brooklyn. I must have been about 3. I had this red balloon. I let go of it, and it went up into the sky and just kept going and going. I completely flipped out, because I didn't understand why.

You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like.

I think kids in Europe have developed a deeper knowledge of music and of black music in particular. You go to Europe, and these kids know about all this obscure funk and soul that kids over here wouldn't know. I think it's getting better in the States, though, with the age of the Internet.

You're never promised your next breath.