A lot of my music is very reggae- driven. Half of my life Bob Marley was all I listened to. |
All that violence in the world, we need to stop that. |
As a child growing up in Haiti I experienced the wrath and destructive power of hurricanes. My heart is filled with tears for the victims and all those who have lost loved ones in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. |
Being a New Yorker, you get there and you take your sneakers off, you're cooperating, but man, that line be long! I mean, you do definitely want to be safe, but at the same time, it annoys you sometimes, 'cause you just want to get to where you want to get to. |
Bob Marley stood for universal peace and love. He tried to break racial barriers. |
Definitely when I got on the plane to go back to Haiti, it was an emotional thing for me. It definitely touched my heart when I landed. I cried. |
Ever since I was a little kid, there used to be the Carnival that used to pass. |
For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way. |
He rules, he's real tough when it comes to business. I'm like a sponge right now. I know I can pick up things from him. |
Her beauty lies in her work. She looks the most beautiful in the field -- natural, no makeup, nothing. |
I always have a producer to the side of me, and I never want to do a record by myself. |
I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time. |
I broke the stereotype. Then I picked up the wand and conducted, using my hip-hop vibe. Right there was an experience for me and for them. We are living in a new millennium, a new era. Hip-hop and string instrumentation was brought together. |
I didn't grow up to call a woman a ho. That's just how I was brought up. I won't call a girl a bitch, unless she wants me to call her a bitch. |
I do music for the love of it, and I've been doing it from a very young age: about 11. |