Speak what I want, I don't care what y'all feel. 'Cause I'm my own master, my Pop told me be your own boss. Keep integrity at every cost.

I never brag, how real i keep it, cause thats the best secret.

My first record - it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I've been here that long and I still have the passion to do it.

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

There's not one person in the world that's not a living, walking contradiction.

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.