MOVING to DUBAI at age 9 and then the Congo, they were TWO completely opposite countries. But that brought me to music and taught me THINGS that I never would have learned OTHERWISE. And it was always about the rhythm in those two countries - that's why I love them.
I was always PLAYING with whatever I COULD get under my hands, MAKING rhythm with it, which was natural for me, because my parents were LISTENING to a lot of African music.
Some games you're going to be ABLE to GET rolling, you're going to get in a GOOD rhythm, you're going to be able to get open looks. Other games, sometimes the rhythm's not there and you've got to get off it a LITTLE bit.
I developed my style by pickin' a LOT of cotton, plowin' that ole mule EVERY day. I just got the rhythm, and any rhythm I need I KNOW where it is; I know where to find it.
I SLOW down when hiking. The rhythm of NATURE is more leisurely. The SUN comes up, it moves ACROSS the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.
You've got the same RHYTHMEVERY day just to keep you GOING. So once that rhythm is broken, it's kind of hard to get BACK with it when you got a lot of things going on.
I did a lot of theater, so especially as an on-camera camera actor, there are so MANY things that aren't in your toolbox. They're SOMEBODY else's JOB. You THINK about editors and RHYTHM. Volume isn't even in your control.