And Now We're Lethal, Infected With D'evils

One Of The Reasons Inequality Gets So Deep In This Country Is That Everyone Wants To Be Rich. That's The American Ideal. Poor People Don't Like Talking About Poverty Because Even Though They Might Live In The Projects Surrounded By Other Poor People And Have, Like, Ten Dollars In The Bank, They Don't Like To Think Of Themselves As Poor.

By The Time I Got To Record My First Album, I Was 26, I Didn't Need Pen Or Paper - My Memory Had Been Trained Just To Listen To A Song, Think Of The Words, And Lay Them To Tape.

I Believe Excellence Is Being Able To Perform At A High Level Over And Over.

I Grew Up In Marcy Projects In Brooklyn, And My Mom And Pop Had An Extensive Record Collection, So Michael Jackson And Stevie Wonder And All Of Those Sounds And Souls Of Motown Filled The House.

It Was A Weird Mix Of Emotions. One Day, Your Best Friend Could Be Killed. The Day Before, You Could Be Celebrating Him Getting A Brand-new Bike.