I'M SIGNIFICANT!!!. . . Say's the dust speck.
If you really dissect hip-hop you will find a whole lot of Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Ahmad Jamal, a lot of classic jazz samples in there.
My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything.
Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be honest with myself; Id be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.
Once I started getting mainstream people to my shows, I realized we were taking too many solos, and they were too long. I started gauging when people were going on their iPhones.
It's funny, now that we have Twitter and Facebook and stuff, you can really see how you affect fans. Before all that, fans couldn't tell you exactly how they feel, unless they came up after a show, and even then you can't stand there and talk to everybody in the audience. So it's nice to see people tweet me and say, "Your music has changed my life," or "I had my baby to your music," or "I got married to your music. " I've heard so many things, and it's amazing to hear people's stories and how you affect their life.
If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers. . . I barely got asked to do an interview.
I worshipped dead men for their strength, Forgetting I was strong.
I felt like on one hand the clarity of thought was amazing, but on the other we went during Antarctic summer, so the sun didn't set the whole time we were there.
I saw a man clothed with rags. . . a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.
It ought to be a crime for any woman to have children that writes books.