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My audience here in America is so eclectic. It's a real mix of people, which is great. Like what I was doing with Culture Club - world music, multiculturalism - not defining everything in terms of sexuality or color. It was about everyone coming together and being part of something. ”
Lots of headless chickens running around - artists with 14 million followers on Twitter, some making millions, none making cultural impact. ”
The Internet is a crazy archive of a lot of old everything. Paintings, drawings, old, new, and everything in between. ”
I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting. ”
The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists. ”
Sometimes in the black culture, being raised as an independent woman is misconstrued as someone who doesn't need a man. I think that's wrong. I think we all need someone. ”
I think art is communication. To that extent, it can be the words between the words. It has a possibility of communicating something more than people can do with prose or just talking. ”
I think it's important for us not just to edit the culture that capitalism creates but to create the material basis for a culture that we want. ”
Capitalism and people who control the market have a large hand in everything. It doesn't have anything to do with figuring out what the crowd wants to hear. It has to do with the media deciding what they think people want to hear. ”
The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live. ”