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Playing with words is like combining different notes in music.

I've been a fan of Bad Brains ever since I can remember. They are iconic pioneers of punk, not just the music but the attitude.

That's what a producer does - make it better; help make the song better and make the band better. Not write music for the band or tell a band what to do. And Rick Rubin doesn't tell you what to do; that's why some people don't like him.

Videos come definitely after the music has been created, but I have always felt, and especially today, that videos are vital in the album process. I think that we live in a very visual era, and if you make a mistake with a video, those images will accompany the song forever.

The worst frustration for a singer is choosing a career in making music and then not being able to make music because you're always giving interviews.

Not to be rude to my sisters, but I don't listen to drag music. I listen to everything from punk to Italo disco to Appalachian country music, but I don't know what their records sound like. I hardly listen to my own records. I'm like Cher!

I'm kind of a hokey-jokey, campy idiot in black lipstick, but when it comes to my music, I take it very seriously.

Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues - that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, 'Oh, honey, I can do it too.'

I've been criticized for doing so - crossover music. But I never claimed to be a pure dancehall artist.

I'm no stranger to making timeless music.

When I was doing dancehalls, nobody was doing well in dancehalls. Dancehalls was not mainstream music that was blazing charts and knocking down barriers. This was an underground phenom.

It is interesting to see how Bollywood music gels with waacking.

The choreography in films is completely different. I find it easier when I am asked to dance to classical music, but it's a different ball game altogether.

FCA is a culture of leaders and employees that were born out of adversity and who operate without sheet music.

About the only things that are unique to Earth are our biota and our culture. If aliens ever come here, they'd most likely be either biologists or music fans. Neither one has much reason to antagonize our armed forces.

I would like to do more projects involving artists from film, fashion and music. That's the spark for me.

Music is a way of expressing my mood, and it definitely helps to motivate me before a game. It also helps me move on from past defeats or keeps my mind busy when I'm not playing, so music is definitely something that follows me every step of every day.

I'd love to do my own music for sure. I'd love to have a band.

There was certain points shooting 'Spring Breakers' where I wasn't uncomfortable at all, and that let me be free. It allowed me to play with what I love, so that's what I wanted to do with my music.

For me, my music is fun. I don't really take my music that serious.

I love inspiring people, and I love making good music, but I don't stress about it. I don't think I'm ever going to win a Grammy, and I'm OK with that.