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.

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

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.

It doesn't take a lot to get me motivated. I'm a studio rat. When I was in high school and I would walk into a recording studio, it felt like this magical place, this temple, this womb that I could escape into.

It's like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.

I feel like I'm only in the beginning of my career. I've only made five albums. It's not a lot.