I Played Classical As A Kid.

When We See People That Are Impoverished And People Who Are Dealt An Unfair Hand, Then If We Have The Power To Help Them, We Should Try To Do That.

When I Write, I Don't Really Focus On Duets Or Anything Like That, Or Whether I'm Going To Feature This Or That Rapper. I Just Focus On Just Making A Great Song And Figure Out The Rest Later.

There Are More Black Men Incarcerated Today Than There Were Slaves In 1850.

Hip-hop And R&b Are Especially Fertile Bases Of Collaboration. It Always Makes Good Records And Good Music.

Music Wasn't Forced On Me [in My Childhood]. It Was Something I Wanted To Do. And Ever Since, I've Never Stopped, I've Never Stopped Playing Music.