Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity. I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.

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.

I felt devalued and disrespected. The energy behind it felt disingenuous and motivated by corporate profit.

It's from our sufferings that we form our consciousness.

My life is art. Its how I express God.

I'm learning more and more that love plus attachment equals pain.

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