Theres not a lot out there, and what is out there has to be really interesting to make me want to leave my life, which is really precious to me.

I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.

I work with youth offenders in LA, I've heard them speak and see how music manipulates them.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

My life is art. Its how I express God.

My mother, brave woman, lost her whole family when she decided to marry a black man in the 60s. When the marriage fell apart, she had to come back to her family.