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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Liberation begins with liberation of mind, soul and body.

If you wish to enjoy a position, find ways of being useful, hard working and cooperative with the people whose favour has given you the position

Comedy will always be central to what I do, it's just an instinct for me, but I am a writer and always have been.

A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

I had a tough time fitting in, as I guess most kids do. I felt like school was kind of a grand opportunity to figure yourself out and to figure out what you wanted.

No creature is fully itself till it is, like the dandelion, opened in the bloom of pure relationship to the sun, the entire living cosmos.

It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term.

I quickly learned that motherhood was a high wire act sometimes performed without a net.

The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment.

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.