Eventually you're going to have a digital transfer anyway when you make a CD, so it doesn't matter as long as what you're hitting first is what you want it to be.

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.

I wanted to make something that sounded very pure, organic, and personal. I wanted to make music that was timeless.

Love , creativity, and opportunity is in the air. Take it in and do your thing.

I was an actor when I was a teenager and it could have been the direction that I headed in. But music and my relationship with music is quite deep, and it really is the nucleus of my creativity. So I gave up acting so I could pursue music fully, and I never thought about really going back. And then [director] Lee Daniels met me and wanted to work with me, and that's how it started.

Oasis are not just influenced by the Beatles; they actually take stuff. Then they get praised.

I am trying to get closer to God.