I Only Want To Be

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 Gravitate Toward People That Are A Little More Outrageous Than I Am. And We Complement Each Other Well.

Anybody Under The Age Of Forty Knows Hip-hop, Gospel And R&b Pretty Well, And It's All A Part Of What We Consider To Be 'black Music.' There Is A Natural Synergy Between The Three.

Sometimes There's That Perfect Moment When The Crowd, The Music, The Energy Of The Room Come Together In A Way That Brings Me To Tears.

In The 1970s, For All The Stevie Wonders, I'm Sure There Were Five Artists That Were Making Forgettable Music.