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I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally.

I enjoy all kinds of performances and take each role differently. I keep the audiences in mind.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

I only get involved with roles that I find intriguing, in top quality productions regardless of the medium. I try not to focus on the format itself and concentrate instead, on finding roles that challenge and entertain me as an artist.

My role now is as an artist and as a mogul to inspire and give others opportunities.

My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, that's a reflection of another character.

Every role that I play is a gift and is something that I approach differently.

I think I have great responsibility, and when I do my music, when I try to relate to my audience, I just try to do it in an honest fashion, you know, just try to be as earnest as possible and sometime it may be self-effacing. Sometimes it may be finger-pointing. Sometimes it may be beautiful, and sometime it may be ugly.

I know who I am and what I'm doing in my life and what I've accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being.

In everything I do, I find some of myself, or a lot of myself, and put it into the role.