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I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.

I started playing in New York when I was 16. I had a fake ID so I could play shows, and, I don't know, bouncers didn't really say no to me, I guess. I'm fun!

I moved to New York to do a play when I was 18.

I moved to New York when I was 21 or 22 as a graduate fellow.

I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City.

I was a waitress for six years in New York. I actually got fascinated to see how fast and how good a waitress I could be. I was doing it, so I tried to do it as well as I could.

I went to New York for the first time when I was in college for a school trip and, uh, it did not appeal to me. It was too much hustle and bustle.

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

I was part of a group called Casanova Fly, doing bouncer work, attending college and working in a pizza shop when I first met producer Sylvia Robinson who came into the pizza shop where I was flipping the dough. I was rapping in the park in Englewood, and she heard about what I was doing.