It's Like A Dream To Come To

I'm A Very Open And Loving Person. My Whole Thing Has Been "let Love Rule" Since My First Album. I'm About Unity And Peace And God.

Eventually You're Going To Have A Digital Transfer Anyway When You Make A Cd, So It Doesn't Matter As Long As What You're Hitting First Is What You Want It To Be.

I Wanted To Make Something That Sounded Very Pure, Organic, And Personal. I Wanted To Make Music That Was Timeless.

I Was An Actor When I Was A Teenager And It Could Have Been The Direction That I Headed In. But Music And My Relationship With Music Is Quite Deep, And It Really Is The Nucleus Of My Creativity. So I Gave Up Acting So I Could Pursue Music Fully, And I Never Thought About Really Going Back. And Then [director] Lee Daniels Met Me And Wanted To Work With Me, And That's How It Started.

Are Things Getting Better With Each Generation? Yes. It's Quite Interesting To Be Living In These Times, For Me To Witness An African-american Being Elected President. It's Quite Extraordinary.