I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.

People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.

I am black or white, I'll never be grey in my life.

I'm not particularly affable in real life, I have to tell you. I've got that side to me, of course, but that's not all I am.

I know who I am. When I look in the mirror, I see me.

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.