Anand finished up his cola cube transaction. I stepped up and slammed three pound coins on the counter like an oppressed inner-city youth born with the skills of rhythm and rhyme.

Yo, bredren, we be the illest, ' went my proclamation. 'We be the dopest, ' Anand would follow. 'Our tunes are going to be good, ' Nishant would finish with.

Prayer's a very tricky business.

Jazz should be much less about stress on technical exhibitionism and much more on emotional content.

Are we going to lead the world with strength and in accordance with our values? That's what I intend to do.

Well, you know, I played Mufasa in the workshop of The Lion King.

The crisis in Ukraine is all the European Union's fault. Its leaders negotiated a trade deal with Ukraine, which essentially blackmailed the country to choose between Europe and Russia.

A guy at ABC told me to change my name and get a nose job. I said 'You get a nose job.'

I don't like to feel intimidated by where I make a living.

In a thousand years, archeologists will dig up tanning beds and think we fried people as punishment.

I'm everything free. I'm gluten-free. I'm dairy-free. I'm sugar-free. Sometimes I'm yeast-free which really means I eat paper.