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I Try To Find The Core Values That Are So Fundamental That They Transcend Ethnic Identity. That Doesn't Mean I Run From It. I Embrace African-american Culture And I Love It And Embrace It, But It Is A Part Of A Human Identity. So I'm Always Trying To Make A Larger Human Statement.

No Particular Music Makes Me Feel Nostalgic. If It's Great, It Just Keeps Me In The Present Moment. That Level Of Music Is Like A Classic Story, Like The Iliad-something So Perfect It Can Never Be Old.

When It Comes To Songs And Music, Yeah, People Love To Sing And Dance And Play Music And Tunes, And That Stream Of Consciousness That Exists In Music, Nobody Knows Where That Comes From.

And My Identity...i Never Really Wondered About It Because, Unfortunately, I Sounded Like Myself. People Be Saying I Sound Like Miles Or Clifford Brown.

There Is An Idea That A Mind Is Wasted On The Arts Unless It Makes You Good In Math Or Science. There Is Some Evidence That The Arts Might Help You In Math And Science.