Art is not for the cultivated taste. It is to cultivate taste.

It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.

Nina Simone's music is incredibly honest. That's like saying, "Why does Jesus' word still stay around?" It's incredibly honest and it's good.

Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

I am proud of the hip hop generation. They are good business people and, actually, good people.

Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years, nor can you fail to love beneath them... In other words, I think you get the love you need when you open your heart.