Right now, with terrorism and poverty and Wall Street and Social Security having problems, nudity should not be the issue.

Right now, with terrorism and poverty and Wall Street and Social Security having problems, nudity should not be the issue.

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

There's nothing women love more than an effort. You can even mess it up. The shoes that you bought don't have to be right. You might have gotten the wrong chocolates. But she'll know if you made an effort.

Being critical is not something I like to do. I like to appreciate and inspire.

I really try to wake up with my music the same as I do with my life, and that is with no expectations. I just feel what I feel that day and follow it.

I'm trying to create the world around myself to be a place of as much equality and openheartedness as possible.