You Can't Be A 25-year-old Forever.

Now That I'm Coming Out With My Own Record People Can See I'm A Solo Artist.

Music Was My Life...it Was Everything To Me, Even Though I Was In School Majoring In English. I Was Still Very Focused On Music And Always Finding Ways To Perform, So That Was What Set Me Up To Want To Become A Recording Artist.

The Main Focus For Me Is Not Trying To Find Duet Partners. It's About Just Making Great Songs. I Want Most Of My Album To Be In My Voice, Because It's My Point Of View.

I Think It's A Bit Of A Myth That Black Americans Need One Leader. We're Not A Monolith. And Now That Legal Segregation And Discrimination Has Been Pretty Much Abolished There Isn't The Sort Of Universal Mandate That A Black Leader Would Have. Black Folks Live In A Wide Variety Of Social Situations Right Now.

You Learn So Much From Taking Chances, Whether They Work Out Or Not. Either Way, You Can Grow From The Experience And Become Stronger And Smarter.