I Encourage Breaking Free Of

I Was The Bohemian In My Family, The "this Is My Favorite Shoe And I Don't Care If It Has Tape Around It" Kind Of Person. The Tape Could Become A Fashion Statement. Or A Political Statement.

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

I'm A Product Of Its [american] Teaching, Of Its Thinking, Of Its -isms, Of Its Religion, Of Its Education. I Am Conditioned, Raised And Developed By America; I Am America. And As It Changes, My Thoughts Also Change. Because No Matter What I Believe, What The Powers-that-be Believe Will Affect Me.

I Don't Know... I've Been Doing It For 17 Years Now, So Of Course I've Seen Pictures And Thought, "oh My God, I Wish I Would've Never Worn That." Yeah, But I Did! And It Was Probably Because It Was My Favorite Thing At The Time - My Clothes Always Have Some Kind Of Emotion Attached To Them.

When You're Performing, You're Creating A Moment.