The Best Training Is To Play By

It's An Artist's Duty To Reflect The Times In Which We Live.

Fear. People Are Afraid Of Talking About Their Fears And Insecurities. They're Afraid Of Expressing Emotion Beyond Anger, Dominance, Or Power, And They're Afraid Of Getting In Touch With Their Feminine Side.

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.

I Only Want To Be Associated With Music That Is High Quality. That's My Main Criteria.

Music Was My Life...it Was Everything To Me, Even Though I Was In School Majoring In English. I Was Still Very Focused On Music And Always Finding Ways To Perform, So That Was What Set Me Up To Want To Become A Recording Artist.