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I played classical as a kid.
I love to make fried chicken.
Experience is a great teacher.
You can't be a 25-year-old forever.
I was a wedding singer as a teenager.
Musicians are in-season all the time.
I was homeschooled for several years.
The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful
I was around a lot of gospel as a kid.
Music is so crucial to every film, I think.
My head’s under water but I’m breathing fine
The struggle for freedom and justice is now.
I think writers are prone to hyperbole sometimes.
I'm used to getting sexy sometimes in the lyrics.
As a nation - and as a world - we need more truth.
We should care about what is going on in the world.
The best training is to play by ear: trial by fire.
Before every show, I eat half a rotisserie chicken.
The future started yesterday, and we're already late.
I keep learning, listening, growing and experimenting.
Sometimes success is just limited to festival circuit.
I just want it to be timeless and timely at the same time.
We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go.
My fried chicken is very simple. I pan-fry it in a skillet.
It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.
Music, to me, if it's good, it's good. That's all that matters.
For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.
I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.
Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections
I was always the front man for what I was doing from when I was 6.
I'm pretty adventurous with food, so I'm not afraid to try anything.
Well, I like songs that have like a little bit of quirkiness to them.
I don't feel like that many musicians are competitive with each other.
I guess a lot of times pressure is put on something after it becomes big.
There's a lot of hurry up and wait. But it gives you time to write a song.
There are more black men incarcerated today than there were slaves in 1850.
I'm not going to run for office. I don't think that's the right move for me.
Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.
My dad liked a lot of Motown, but I didn't listen to it until my teenage years.
I hear melodies and hooks all day. I've always been that way, since I was a kid.
Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.
It's really about making the best music you can make. It's really about working hard.
I feel like fashion is making steps toward diversity, but I think they could do more.
The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education
There's a certain confidence that comes with being sure about the way the world works.
I only want to be associated with music that is high quality. That's my main criteria.
Happy that New York passed marriage equality tonight. A victory for human rights. Progress.
I was in an a cappella group in school, so it particularly helped me keep my piano chops up.
I have a great band, with very talented players, and we give everything we have every night.
When we meet people who are astronauts or deal in astronomy, it's always really fascinating.