I Graduated In '94 From

You Don't See A Lot Of Black Rock Stars. The Music Industry Tends To Be Segregated Stylistically. It's Hard For A Black Artist To Cross Over To Rock Music.

I Feel Like My Public Life Isn't Necessarily My Own. I'm Starting To Get Used To How To Maneuver And Operate In New York In A Way That I Don't Get Stopped All The Time. I Just Pretty Much Say "thank You." But One Of The Things Is To Try To Keep Moving. Not To Stop Too Long, Because People Try To Get Into A Conversation With You All The Time. The Hardest Thing Is On The Subway, Or When People Try To Chase You Down.

I Started To Realize, A Lot Of Times If You Go Into Your Memory, Your Sense Memory, You Know More Than You Think You Do, From Having Watched And Listened.

The African American Community Is So Under-served In The Entertainment Industry.

When I Was Working On The Wire With The Other Actors, Scene After Scene After Scene, I Felt Like We Were Singing Together. We Were Dancing Together. I'm Like, "this Is The Best Ensemble I've Ever Worked With. I'm Working With These Cats? Holy Mackerel, This Is Heaven."