My parents are from Ghana. Until I was 17, I thought you had to go to college. I had no idea. I didn't know it was not an option.

What's nice about having an engineering degree is everybody thinks you are smart.

Another benefit of going to Cornell is that 90 percent of your friends are doctors.

Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you to be a doctor or a lawyer."

I grew up listening to blues and rock 'n' roll and other music, but, legitimately, the Stones is one of my favorite bands in the world.

Never would I have thought that I would meet Mick Jagger, much less be working on the same project.

Jason Bourne is supposed to be really sneaky and spry, but as soon as he walks by, everybody pulls out their cell phones and starts recording. That level of fame is wild to see.

Translating from #cat is easy - you just ignore everything, then you decide what you want it to have said, thought, or wanted.

How many dragons does a girl have to slay to get some respect around here?

The most emotional cost in life is to love someone who does not care.

I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.

Learning to enjoy being single involves the ability to experience everything through your own essence, instead of living vicariously through a spouse or partner.

That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.

If the weather's nice, I like to be outside exercising, but when it's colder, I'm a real homebody and I catch up on my reading.

Things, very strange things, happen in folktales and there is never much attention given to the whys and wherefores.

Not all musicians believe in god but they all believe in Bach