My Fans Like To Be Romantic. I

I Like Collaboration Because, First Of All, I'm Good At Writing Lyrics. I Don't Know How To Make Beats. I Don't Play Instruments. I'm Not A Good Singer. So Even When You See A Solo Album Of Mine, It's Still A Collaboration.

You Make Knowledge Relevant To Life And You Make It Important For Children To Learn Things That Will Really Relate To Things Going On In Their Lives, And Not Abstract.

If You Look At My Career, Doing Albums With Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane And Lil Wayne Or Krs-one And Jean Grae, I Can't Be Pigeonholed.

Once You're Signed To A Label You Compromise.

My Musical Influence Is Really From My Father. He Was A Dj In College. My Parents Met At New York University. So He Listened To, You Know, Motown, And He Listened To Bob Dylan. He Listened To Grateful Dead And Rolling Stones, But He Also Listened To Reggae Music. And He Collected Vinyl.