“Whoever told you its not possible was lying! Keep going!”

I just like music all the way around the board. I can’t stick to one thing – I’ve got to move around.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I’ve always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

Living right brings the smile out of you!!

Two things that define SUCCESS In LIFE: – The Way You manage when you have nothing & way you behave when you have everything.

I always want to set myself a challenge by doing something no-one would expect me to do! But, having said that, I don’t feel as a musician you can steer too far away from what you normally do.

People will throw stones at you. Don’t throw them back. Collect them all and build an empire.

Misery is a choice. I chose happiness.

What I remember the most really was just running wild there. Barefooted, swimming in dirty lakes, selling fruit, picking mango trees, hoping not to get caught because they don’t take kindly to thieves in Africa.

A fool dreams of wealth. A wise man dreams of happiness!

It’s always the music first for me. But if the music isn’t selling, there isn’t gonna be no business. So you gotta make sure music is always the first priority.

Let’s break out of our past and concur the future

The moment artists can just do what they love to do then music will go right back to where it used to be. I mean back in the ’60s and ’70s and ’80s, that’s what it was.

The difference between dreams & success Is, dreams need effortless sleep & success needs sleepless efforts.

Damn life is so short.

I make sure to stop by in every city they exist to attend to my sweet tooth.

I’m a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.

Be your own inspiration.

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

If you’ve made up your mind you can do something, you’re absolutely RIGHT.

A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.

Don’t stop until you get where you’re trying to go.

Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of ‘That Lucky Old Sun’ was inspired by ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ – not influenced, but inspired.