Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.

Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.

I'm growing as an individual, but your always growing. All of my albums are snapshots of where I am artistically.

At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.

If you're going to do Chuck Berry, you got to, you know, go all out, and the duck walk is just kind of you know, cursory. That's like standing.