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Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them.

Speak Debts Pay them
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I think definitely people know me from playing creeps and weirdos, and I'm definitely looking to expand my range.

Creeps Definitely Expand Know
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I found it very easy to transform into creeps and weirdos and losers and goof-balls, and I'm happy to play eccentric kinds of characters, and I have a great affinity for the outsider, but I definitely am about expanding my range as well.

About Affinity Am Characters
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At this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe.

Describe Capacity Failed Ability
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I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house.

Books Certain Editor House
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I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

I Think Myself Think Vice
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I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

Doing Everybody Learned Look
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If I'm gonna tell a real story, I'm gonna start with my name.

Gonna Name Real Real Story
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As long as my music is real, it's no limit to how many ears I can grab.
Ears Grab How I Can
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I always thought money was something just to make me happy. But I've learned that I feel better being able to help my folks, 'cause we never had nothing. So just to see them excited about my career is more of a blessing than me actually having it for myself.

Able About Actually Always
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My folks ain't graduated from high school or nothing like that, so we always had to struggle in the family - and I come from a big family.

Always Big Big Family Come
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My pops and my mom started playing Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers and all these people, but at the same time, they always had Snoop on right behind it in the same mix.

Always Behind Brothers Had
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My whole thing is to inspire, to better people, to better myself forever in this thing that we call rap, this thing that we call hip hop.

Better Call Forever Hip
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My moms always told me, 'How long you gonna play the victim?' I can say I'm mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

Always Change Changes Everything
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In all my days of schooling, from preschool all the way up to 12th grade, there was not one white person in my class. Literally zero.

Class Days Grade Literally
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My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.

Around Body Bringing Constructing
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We're in the last days, man - I truly, in my heart, believe that. It's written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it's about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.

About Around Being Believe
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I'm only as good as my last word, my last hook, my last bridge.

Bridge Good Hook Last
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Being acknowledged for your work is always a great accomplishment, whether it's people in my city, kids in the street, all the way up to the Grammys.

Accomplishment Acknowledged Always Being
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I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music. I never take a break from my pen, because I pride myself on that.

Back Because Break Go
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My word will never be as strong as God's word. All I am is just a vessel, doing His work.
Am Doing God His
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Black and brown pride have been taught in my household for a long time.

Been Black Brown Household
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I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

Life Look Mentors Most
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I think that's why I put my energy into making music. That's how I get my thoughts out, instead of being crazy all the time.

Being Crazy Energy Get
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It wasn't until Duotones that I felt my true voice come out.

Come Felt Out True
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I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.

Anyone Criticized Else Increase
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Finally, I was no longer a student and was making music for myself.

Finally Longer Making Music
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That's my ideal day, time with my boys.

Boys Day Ideal Time
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I approach everything in my life the same way; if it feels right, I know it.
Approach Everything Feels Know
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I'm responsive to my public, but I also follow my heart.

Also Follow Heart Public
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I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.

Charlie Charlie Parker Create Fine
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I listen to all the top 20 songs, and top 20 albums, even the rap albums. But I don't like negative messages. If somebody is putting a lot of ego out there, I don't like it. When I make my records I want it to be sincere.

Albums Ego Even Like
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I remember being unemployed and walking the East Village streets for many years, constantly checking my voice mail on pay phones, hoping for an audition.

Audition Being Checking Constantly
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My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time.

Also Always Artist Bunch
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I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.
Acting Always Class High
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I have an eight-year-old child, and I literally can't wrap my mind around the kind of grief that must be felt when you lose a child.

Around Child Felt Grief
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Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much energy managing their LIVES. I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.

About Best Careers Energy
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For our first date, I made Ryan Hamburger Helper, which is basically what I grew up on. I make my own version of it now, with macaroni and cheese and hamburger meat. And the kids - it's their favorite dinner.

Basically Cheese Date Dinner
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I feel very blessed to have two wonderful, healthy children who keep me completely grounded, sane and throw up on my shoes just before I go to an awards show just so I know to keep it real.

Awards Before Blessed Children
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I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

Beat Because Bookstore Buy
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I'm just chatty. But I do express my opinion.

Express Just Opinion
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If I even lose my glasses or make a mistake. I become really disappointed in myself.

Become Disappointed Even Glasses
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It really bothers me when people don't use coasters. Particularly on my table.

Bothers Me Particularly People
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There are a few countries that, for whatever reason, really enjoy listening to my music.

Countries Enjoy Few Listening
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Well, Grover Washington was my main influence and when I went to college, I started listening to more of the jazz masters like Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, and John Coltrane.

College Coltrane Influence Jazz
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That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.

Balance Daughter Decision Decision-Making
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Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me.

Am Feel Growing GrowingUp
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I started realizing that music is the one area where I've always let go. When that saxophone goes into my mouth, I get into a space where I never think about the notes I've already played or anticipate the notes ahead.

About Ahead Always Anticipate
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I've never really played golf. With the sax, I learned technique well enough so that it feels like part of my body, and I just express myself. That's where I want to get in golf.

Body Enough Express Feels
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Unless I've got Katy Perry on the cover of my CD, it's going to be tough to sell a lot of records.

CD Cover Going Got
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