I Did An Off-broadway Show That Was

You Don't See A Lot Of Black Rock Stars. The Music Industry Tends To Be Segregated Stylistically. It's Hard For A Black Artist To Cross Over To Rock Music.

Sometimes You Have To Say, "no. This Is My Space." If You're Going To Come At Me, Come At Me Respectfully, And I Will Respond Respectfully.

That's What David Caruso Said To Me. We Were Talking About The Whole Emmy Thing, And He Said That One Of The Things About Awards In This Town Is That A Lot Is About The Drama - Like The Drama Of The Performance. And He Said "your Show, The Wire, Looks So Real, It Almost Looks Like A Documentary. And People Who Aren't Artists - A Lot Of People Who Vote For This Stuff - Don't Get It."

I Graduated In '94 From Yale And New York Undercover Was My First Gig On Tv. I Was Really All Over The Place With Roles, Which Is What I Wanted To Do.

I Started To Realize, A Lot Of Times If You Go Into Your Memory, Your Sense Memory, You Know More Than You Think You Do, From Having Watched And Listened.