Nikki Jean Quotes

Little known fact, or not a little known fact actually - that Prince is a Gemini.

The music community in Minneapolis is really incestuous so I've gotten the chance to work with a gang of people who have worked with Prince, Mint Condition, got to spend some time with Mujah Messiah, Atmosphere, P.O.S., Rhymesayers, a lot of poets around there.

I have wonderful band mates that make music that I'm forced to listen to for hours on end until I come up with verses, and that in itself is an inspiration - they're awesome.

I'm very parasitic, from my own experiences. I just go and mine my dirty laundry, you know, and go through it until I find something that's interesting enough to me to write a song about.

My thesis in terms of all my art is finding the beauty in the ugly truth. Just find the beauty in realism and what's there.

My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff.

You've got to go where the work is. My mom got a job somewhere else so I went and lived with her and then I just bounced all over going to school, chasing rainbows and all that.