Nine out of ten groups that came out in '89 are gone. I'm still here.

My life is perfect because I accept it as it is.

I am not trying to change the world. I am just offering my gift that God gave me, and if somebody is moved by it, that's beautiful.

The idea of having to conform to someone else's ideal is unacceptable. I'm gonna be me. And if I can't be me, then I'd rather not do it.

My mother gave lots of good advice and had a lot to say. As you get older, you realize everything she said was true.

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.

People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.