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

Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.

New York city is full of great spaces. The best spaces of the world are here. This is the new Europe, where the settlers came and busted out their ideas and put it down so there's nothing but great space in this great city.

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.

Your look reflects whats happening in your mind.

When I try to sound like the contemporary sound, it never turns out that way.

I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.