I'm A Tremendous Believer And Supporter In

When I Was About Five Or Seven Years Old My Mother Was Placed In A Mental Institution And So We Were With Our Father Who Worked Very Hard, And We Had To Figure A Lot Of Things Out.

It's Easy To Get Next To Music Theory, Especially Between Your Peers And Music Classes And So Forth. You Just Pay Attention. I Had A Good Ear, So I Realized That Printed Music Was Just About Reminding You What To Play.

It Has Been Proven Time And Time Again In Countless Studies That Students Who Actively Participate In Arts Education Are Twice As Likely To Read For Pleasure, Have Strengthened Problem-solving And Critical Thinking Skills, Are Four Times More Likely To Be Recognized For Academic Achievement, Four Times More Likely To Participate In A Math And Science Fair.

I Look Back And Say, "this Must Have Been Somebody Else." I Am Not Going To Tell You That When I Was 4, I Dreamed About All Of This.

I Guess Hip-hop Has Been Closer To The Pulse Of The Streets Than Any Music We've Had In A Long Time. It's Sociology As Well As Music, Which Is In Keeping With The Tradition Of Black Music In America.