The difference with a major label and independent is mainly resources. That's the difference that I feel sometimes where I as an artist would have to be more creative and more patient.

Close your eyes and see what you believe.

When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.

I think as artists we have an opportunity to shed light and share different stories and expose different realities and inspire people and give a different perspective.

Our hair can be a fun outlet for self expression. I love wearing cornrows and getting my hair thread-wrapped because it feels ancient and African.

But I was waiting for some magical moment, that would prove to me, forever would be fine. Meanwhile, my first love was standing first in line.

One dies only if he's not anymore in the hearts and minds of those who know him. - Monkey D. Luffy

The aim of science is to seek the simplest explanation of complex facts... Seek simplicity and distrust it.

Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I'm 46, I've worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.

Doctors and nurses do crazy hours and keep an ideal afloat through the love and care that they have for their craft and their patients and the institution of the NHS. We should be very proud of it.

Music is still part of my spiritual life. Sometimes I sing my prayers. When I get audiences singing, I hope I'm helping them feel connected to something beyond themselves.

I've owned mopeds in the past.

He doesn't translate well into our generation.

Torch every book. Burn every page. Char every word to ash. Ideas are incombustible. And therein lies your real fear.

If all men labored hard every hour of the twenty-four, they could not do all the work of the world.

In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion.