It's actually easier to do autobiographical stories. The story is already there. It's a matter of carving away what doesn't fit rather than building up from nothing.

Foreign-language books are sometimes more beautiful when you can't tell what's being said. It's like you ruin it by reading.

I'm really interested in making a mark on a paper and letting that be cursive shorthand for an idea - that's the origin of cartooning.

My dad was a plumber, and my mom was on and off again, either a stay-at-home mom or working with the disabled as a visiting-nurse assistant.

Government social programs introduced in the '60s by liberal Democratic politicians seduced black men into relying on 'programs' over God.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

I think God gave me an inner dictionary. If you play the right music that my heart loves, lyrics just come right to me.

God gives different people different gifts, and there are some people that can listen to an instrument and within a fraction of a second tell, you know, where it's off key or what note doesn't resonate correctly.