It's Not Exclusive, But Inclusive, Which Is

I Don't View Myself As A Musician Anymore - I View Myself As A Human Being That Functions As A Musician When I'm Functioning As A Musician, But That's Not 24 Hours A Day. That's Really Opened Me Up To Even More Perspectives Because Now I Look At Music, Not From The Standpoint Of Being A Musician, But From The Standpoint Of Being A Human Being.

We Are Eternally Linked Not Just To Each Other But Our Environment.

The Arts Have Always Served Relationships Between People Of Different Cultures So Well. In A Way, The Arts Function As A Very Serious Kind Of Ambassador.

I Hope That I Can Make Good Music Out Of Whatever Genre I Go Into. Just To Prove To Myself That I Can.

I Don't Think There Are Any Pure Africans Of The African Americans, But The African Part Of Our History Was Pretty Much Taken Away From Us During Slavery, So The 60s Gave Us A Chance, Because Of The Civil Rights Movement, To Kind Of Re-examine And Make Some Sort Of Formal Connection To Our African-ness.