I think being eclectic is bad when you're just starting out.

But when you're beginning, you should try to focus on something you love and your own way of doing things.

I see myself as the buffer between the band and the record company.

Some artists want a producer to be a kind of svengali - someone who actually creates a sound for them.

Music is all about creativity.

There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone.

It will take some time before a politician will capture the imagination of the American people and have the vision and understanding to do what is necessary for a better future for the people of America and the world.

As a little girl, my destiny was stamped onto the canvas of my imagination at 5 years old. I was watching soaps with my grandmother... The most gorgeous black women I had ever seen in my life came out, and I knew that that is what I wanted to do - be fabulous and black and on TV.