My first record wasn't even with the Fugees. I was signed to Big Beat Records, so I was signed back in 1989 to the label that the Knocks are on now. You can always tell which generation had the pulse based on how they see things.

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.

I think it's cool to do stuff in a different language. Basically, I learned English through listening to rap. A lot of people think it's funny. But it's true; I used to try to get the accents.

My songs are really never titled. Sometimes I call it one thing. then I change it

The voice of an Angel, the Heart of a Lamb, the spirit of a Lioness, the presence of a Goddess, love you R.I.P Whitney Houston.

I lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.

I'm from the church, my dad was a pastor's kid.