I just sing the song and I sing it with conviction, meaning and I get into the mood of every song I do no matter how much time I have in between.

Using what you have is always creates more opportunities for the future.

There's no unicorns that pop out the ceiling and no glitter that pops out of my pocket. It's just regular people in the studio doing what we do.

Using what you have always enhances what's to come no matter if it's an album, song, artwork or whatever.

I just make music from my soul and let it be.

So from Jazz, Blues, R&B, Soul, Classical and Country music, Hip Hop has introduced us to a little bit of everything.

R&B is everything. Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel and Classical Blues are everything. All of that makes sense in BJ The Chicago Kid and what we do.

I thank God for Hip Hop because Marvin Gaye didn't have that and he was able to be that dope. For us to have that and more, I feel like it is up to us to be as dope as we can possibly be.

Hip Hop has introduced us to a lot of genres that we probably wouldn't even listen to in our own homes from our parents.

I've got some cool features with some cool people coming out but I can't speak on it right now.

I don't really concentrate on Urban AC or whatever. I don't concentrate on genres or how people section off songs for radio.

My house burned downBut anyway, it was afterThe flower petals had already fallen

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

My father taught me that the only way you can make good at anything is to practice, and then practice some more.

The privileged classes can afford psychoanalysis and whiskey. Whereas all we get is sermons and sour wine. This is manifestly unfair. I protest, silently.

I wish I had known more firsthand about the concerns and problems of American businesspeople while I was a U.S. senator and later a presidential nominee.

We have to do commerce differently because the WalMart system of big box chain retail will soon die. This means rebuilding local main street economies (networks of local economic interdependency).

I think a lot of the Mothers stuff that we recorded was written while we were on the road.

If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.

I do not say the mind gets informed by action, — bodily action; but it does get earnestness and strength by it, and that nameless something that gives a man the mastership of his faculties.

I just put anything on my back. I take what I have on hand.