A lot of people hear it in a dark way, but, I think, without saying the word too many times, it's empowering, and so we wanted to display that in a way that the listener wouldn't see normally.

I always like to leave art and music open to interpretation.

Who doesn't love a little Taylor Swift in their life? You know you need a little Taylor Swift in your life.

My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.

There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.

I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

There was nothing more I wanted to do than to see my dad react well to my music. I still do. I send him my demos all the time.

Thoughts appear and disappear, just like waves on the ocean. Be like the ocean of love, releasing every thought to the shore as soon as they appear.

People who tell untruths are easily deceived because they have placed their energy in that negative vibration location and are now a match for that behavior.

No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.

Be NOBLE! and the nobleness that liesIn other men, sleeping, but never dead,Will rise in majesty to meet thine own.

I've always thought you should concentrate on paddling your own canoe.

There is a pile of dead bodies behind the Mars Hill bus, and by God's grace, it'll be a mountain by the time we're done.

That's another thing about being a certain age that I've noticed: I try as much as possible not to look in the mirror.

What I've attempted to do is establish a world through art in which the validity of my Negro experience could live and make its own logic.

Some people think that as soon as you plant a tree, it must bear fruit. We must allow it to grow a bit.