I've always admired his focus and how he does what it takes to get it done. I feel like I've learned a lot from him.

We definitely need to overcome the fact that we don't have any divers and we can't secure any points from that. We're going to have to make up those points ourselves.

The main focus of their questioning had to do with the Venezuelan community in (Southern California) and their desire to develop a profile of this community.

I could speak Spanish fluently growing up, but I'm so out of practice, and I have such a tremendous respect for songwriting in the Spanish language.

I fell in love with funk music through my father - Funkadelic - as well as soul and classical early on.

I grew up in Los Angeles when the racial tensions between blacks and Mexicans were very high. Gang violence was very prevalent.