I Wouldn't Play Together With Someone Who

When You See A Close Person You Know Pass In Front Of Your Eyes, It's Hard Core. After All That, I Just Wanted To Enjoy Every Day. That Was My Goal. And To Give Thanks And To Live Fully.

When I Was A Kid And I Bought A Record, I Ripped That Thing Open, I Wanted To Know Who Was Playing What, What Studio It Was Cut At, Who Was The String Arranger, Who Was The Engineer.

I Was In Paris Last Year, Where There's A Great Appreciation Of Many Different Aspects Of African Culture And Of Black Culture. The Music... The Art... Whatever... And I Kind Of Went With That.

My Mother Always Told Me To Embrace Both Sides Of My Background. And She Also Taught Me One Very Useful Thing When I Was Going To First Grade. She Said, "you're Bahamian And African-american On One Side, And Russian-jewish On The Other. You're No More One Than The Other, And It's Beautiful That You Have All This. It Makes Your Life All The More Rich. But Society Will See You Only As Black."

If You Listen To A Lot Of Old Funk Records, The Drums Are Really Small. But You Don't Perceive It Like That Because The Groove Is So Heavy.