We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
Reality is easy. It's deception that's the hard work.
Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us.
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.
Be honest, brutally honest. That is what's going to maintain relationships.
I need to be surrounded by people as passionate and as dedicated as I am.
I don't know anybody that's not emotionally unstable or schizophrenic.
To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.
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 tried to manipulate and control people, and I harbored resentment. I wanted to be forgiven, but I wouldn't forgive others.
We don't want people to have expectations of us, but then we have expectations of everybody else.