Hip-hop Is A Vehicle.

They Ask Me What I'm Writing For - I'm Writing To Show You What We're Fighting For.

When I Met You It Was Magic... We Polar Opposites, But Attracted Like We Was Magnets.

Jazz Is The Greatest American Art Form And Our Greatest Export. We Don't Pay Attention To The Youth Of Jazz, Don't Stoke The Fires Creatively For The Youth Coming Up. I Feel Like Jazz Musicians Became Too Much Of Purists - With Donald Byrd Doing Funk Jazz In The '70s.

Skip The Religion And Politics, Head Straight To The Compassion. Everything Else Is A Distraction.

My Parents Are My Biggest Influences. My Parents And My City. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, The Community I Grew Up. I Don't Feel Like I'm Special In That. I Feel Like That's Everybody.