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I feel like a lot of the fundamental material, I've assimilated. So now the question is: Am I going to really get into my spiritual inheritance of music and really develop my abilities? ”
When did we begin to lose faith in our ability to effect change? ”
Through first-class education, a generation marches down the long uncertain road of the future with confidence. ”
I grew up in South Jamaica, Queens, in New York. My parents were very religious churchgoing people. They were very strict. I was never really allowed to indulge in anything vain. Modesty always. I have three brothers and two sisters, so everything was on a budget. ”
I learned again that the mind-body-spirit connection has to be in balance. ”
A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age. ”
So much about getting onstage is creating a connection with an audience that allows you to go different places and try different things. ”
I feel like you can't trust a cat. I feel like a cat's got an ulterior motive. The moment you show any weakness to a cat, the cat is gonna take over. ”
I spent a lot of time in Brooklyn as a kid. I was born in New York, and my grandmother lived in Crown Heights, so there's a part of it that I feel this connection to. ”
I have a strong spiritual life. I can't say that I have faith that Jesus is my Savior, but I look at Jesus in the same way that I look at, you know, Mohammed. He was giving everyone the goods. So was Gandhi. ”