Be You. Make Sure You're

When I Get Ready To Do An Album, That Means I Have Something To Say For The Sake Of Words, And I Listen Back To All Of The Things I've Been Creating And Pull Things From Out Of The Air To Go With Them. It's Almost Like I Start Creating The Album Before I Even Think About Creating It.

My Fourth Mother, My Godmother, She Passed Away A Couple Years Ago - Her Name Was Gwen. She Was The Theater Director Over At The Gym Where I Grew Up And Learned About All Those Awesome Things I Told You About Already. She Was The One Who Taught Me Terms Like "upstage" And "downstage," All Those Technical Things About The Art Of What I Do - How To Breathe What I See, How To Move. They Were All Her Tactics, Not Anything Learned Or Given To Me Through A Theory, But Rather By Her Natural Abilities.

My Hair Is An Aesthetic Choice… At The Same Time, How You Wear Your Hair Is A Political Statement As Well.

Whenever I Think About Funk Music, It Has A Look - And That's How It Sounds.

If You Want To Relate To A Certain Audience Or Generation, You Have To Speak Their Language. I Truly Believe That.