Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

My driving force is spirituality.

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.

I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.

I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.

It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.

Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

I got an early education from television.

When you have power and use it for destructive purpose: you don't deserve it.

I guess this is a message for those of you who contemplate permanent solutions to temporary problems. You never know what could be coming in the future. There is so much music you've yet to hear.

When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.

Take a look at my face, I am the future.

If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear.

You don't compete with dollars, but you compete with ideas. Your only real borders are what you can imagine.

And what he meant was that maths wasn't like life because in life there are no straightforward answers in the end

God’s truth is this: abortion is murder.

Discourse says, 'You are.' Rhetoric preserves the freedom to say, 'I am not.

I don’t need to ring anyone. I said I’m dying. I didn’t say I wanted to live.