I've Always Been Very Private,

Living Will Always Be A Struggle Looking For Someone To Love You.

Mozart Would Play A Counterpart With His Left Hand While Using His Right To Mock It. It Was Blue, Dark, Shadowy - And It Made Me Feel Something. That's When I Realized Music Was Inside Me.

Gangsta Rap Was A Ploy To Convince Black People To Kill Each Other. Gangsta Rap Didnt Exist.

I Don't Know If We Tell Women Great News About Themselves Enough. You'd Be Surprised How Often A Young Woman Doesn't Hear Positive Things About Herself - Not In Her Home, Not At School. It's Hard To Create A Beautiful Image For Yourself When You've Never Seen It Or Heard It.

When I Was A Kid I'd Practise Chopin On Piano - And I Love Chopin! He's My Dawg! Then I'd Go Out On The Stoop And Blast The Radio. I'm From New York, The Concrete Jungle. Hip-hop Influenced Me From Day One.