I always wanted to do something I knew I could love to wake up and do every day, and rap was just second nature to me, growing up in Harlem. I never really had to try.
I created this picture of this character who would play the guitar effortlessly, who had no limitations, performing beautiful music, and he moved around with great acrobatic skills, just capturing the audience and being a great entertainer.
If there's a gene, I got it from my ma. Her writing has this effortless quality.
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.
Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing.
Do not ignore you gift. Your gift is the thing you do the absolute BEST with the LEAST amount of effort."~Steve Harvey
While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.
There are things that you study, classes you've taken, activities you've done that feel right, that feel like they're in your power zone. So it doesn't take incredible amount of effort for you to do it - it just comes more naturally to you.
Somebody doing something effortlessly is a lovely thing to watch.
Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful.
I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.
