“My kids used to see me crying and depressed all the time, and that can...” — Pepa Quote

My kids used to see me crying and depressed all the time, and that can affect kids as well.

I'm spiritual, too, but 'Gitty Up' is a great song, know what I mean?

Not everyone's role model material, but we do have a sense of responsibility because kids listen more to us than they would their parents.

I wasn't from the streets, but I was in the streets. I had a good family, nice home - you know, I can't say I grew up with nothing... but I chose to hang in the streets.

Fans make you understand it was more than music to them. It was a movement, a voice they felt they didn't have that we expressed for them.

It is such a crazy idea that maybe something that I wrote or something that I put on a record would affect people at all.

Hits and flops happen in everyone's careers. Be it an actor or a filmmaker, you can't let that affect your conviction.

Foreign distribution is a major aspect of financing films. If you're flooding an entire country with cam rips DVDs before the movie is released, that will affect the bottom line eventually.

I am not going to let Athens affect the rest of my life.

What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.