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If I Never Won A Grammy, I Would Be Satisfied, If In Fact I Could Help People. I Don't Say That Because It Sounds Like Something Cool To Say.

I Used To Play My Records Aloud Until One Night My Mother Was Like, "this Is Too Loud. I'm Not Having It," And So I Put On Headphones. But The Headphones Didn't Stretch All The Way To My Bed From The Record Player, So I Had To Sleep On The Floor In Order To Hear The Records. I Slept On The Floor Right Next To The Record Player Until I Was Probably 19 Years Old.

I Had To Confront My Fears And Master My Every Demonic Thought About Inferiority, Insecurity, Or The Fear Of Being Black, Young, And Gifted In This Western Culture.

As Musicians And Artists, It's Important We Have An Environment - And I Guess When I Say Environment, I Really Mean The Industry, That Really Nurtures These Gifts. Oftentimes, The Machine Can Overlook The Need To Take Care Of The People Who Produce The Sounds That Have A Lot To Do With The Health And Well-being Of Society.

I Know There Are Certain Gifts That Each Of Us Have. The Gifts You Don't Have To Worry About So Much, Because God Gave Them To Us. It's The Living, It's The Life, It's The Now.