I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.

I don't see any negativity with what Brad Pitt is doing with his Make It Right Foundation, or what Sean Penn is trying to do in Haiti.

When you love something it's not a job anymore.

I always give the example, if you turn on the radio today, black radio, Lenny Kravitz is not black. Bob Marley wasn't black: in the beginning, only white college stations played Bob Marley.

I miss my brother. Prince was a funny cat. Great sence of humor.