"Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you."
"I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house."
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Source: Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.
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