I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

Maybe if I knew music I couldn't do what I am doing.

I am not an artist. I am a craftsman.

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

I am not a labor hater.

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.