The best artists allow themselves to be vulnerable, that’s what defines the great artist. Vulnerability and courage. Mediocre artists are not mediocre for their lack of skill, they are mediocre for their lack of courage.
I saw this in music school; I’ve observed it in the artists I admire; I see […]

Tell me I’m the only one…
-Meshell Ndegeocello “Mary Magdalene”
Me’Shell Ndegeocello wrote and recorded one of the most sincere, beautiful love songs I have ever heard. It’s called “Mary Magdalene”, from Peace Beyond Passion.

I worked with a talented bass player named Andrew, and one day he dropped Peace Beyond Passion and Plantation […]

With Alberto Gonzales soon to be departed, I hoped to comment briefly on his tenure in the White House, and as US Attorney General.
Mr. Gonzales said the following recently, in a short speech announcing his resignation: “Public service is honorable, and noble.”
Well, that may be true, but we should ask […]