I Feel Like My Job Is To

Marvin Gaye Was One Of The Coolest. I Look To Him As A Style Icon And As An Artist.

At The End Of The Day, There's Only A Few Major Stars In The Music Business, And Then There's All These People That Are Aspiring To Be That.

I Think It's A Bit Of A Myth That Black Americans Need One Leader. We're Not A Monolith. And Now That Legal Segregation And Discrimination Has Been Pretty Much Abolished There Isn't The Sort Of Universal Mandate That A Black Leader Would Have. Black Folks Live In A Wide Variety Of Social Situations Right Now.

My First Big Break Came With Lauryn Hill On A Track Called Everything Is Everything, I Played Piano On That Track Way Back In 1998.

Even If You Can Sing Or Even If You Can Write A Song, It Takes A Lot Of Determination, It Takes Some Kind Of Thick Skin, Because You Got To Persevere Despite The Fact That People Tell You You Shouldn't Do This Or You Shouldn't Do That Or You're Not Good Enough Or Your Style's Too Different. I've Heard All Of That Stuff.