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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.

The business always gets in the way of basketball.

If you're a basketball player and you don't stop and take pictures with your fans, you can have an amazing game and everyone still loves you.

When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.

My first love was basketball.

It was a blessing just to play one NBA basketball game.

I played basketball, and I loved it. But I never thought of it seriously as being a professional.

Music has done a lot to enhance the emotions of sports. It's played in arenas. Whenever there is footage cut together they're always using music. And it goes together, you know.

When 'Play' first came out, journalists didn't review it; it didn't get radio play. And then it became this big successful record and, I hate to admit this, I found myself liking the fame. I bought into it.

I long for the days when athletes were revered. I want to see the romance return to sports, to see people enjoy the game purely for the game and the players.