Everything I've done I've just fallen into.

Everything I do comes from the clubs. If I lose that, I'm done.

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life.

I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.

We don't only give thanks and prayers for those who have fallen. We also give thanks to those that still serve.

The first Latin music that blew my mind was bumba, which was a Puerto Rican beat.