I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...

To be honest I'm not going to sell dreams like everybody else does and say, "Sure, it can be changed." I don't want to seem like a pessimist, but nothing's getting better.

It's not just a struggle for blacks to be accepted by whites, but the other way around as well. A lot of people don't see that.

Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now it's sensory overload.

One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.

I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.