I would like you to know, I am a doctor of music.

It was always Marx, Lenin, and revolution - real girl's talk.

I believe in racial memory too. I'm sure I've got ancient African blood in me that has something to do with what I am.

You've got to learn to leave the table When love's no longer being served".

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music.

I don't like to go to strange places.

I believe the time will come when the whole definition of pop music will change. It will get to the point where a song will not be a good song until it has a high level of creativity in writing and performance. In other words, in order to be popular, songs will have to meet these high standards.