If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.

I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.

I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?

I'm a fan of the fan. I'm a fan of the active devotee who lives his life believing in something, who represents to me the character of a person that is very confident and sure of himself. Those are people I admire.

In dance you use every party of your body except your voice. I wanted to start acting because I wanted to use my voice.

I've witnessed racism all my life. And of course there's racism and discrimination in Hollywood. You go for a part and they say, 'Oh, we really liked her, she's amazing, but we wanted to go with something more traditional'. As if I'm not a traditional American!