Michael Lamont Bivins (born August 10, 1968) is an American singer, rapper and manager, and a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.
For me, I try to look at a person's swagger and a little background on them if I already haven't liked them as a ballplayer. All you have to do in the way I am going at it is that I don't attack them like a typical commentator or a typical interview where I am trying to figure out what's your statistics or how you felt about last night? Those things. My things are more lifestyle oriented.
When you're talking to a person about something they want to talk about then it takes that frown to a smile and then it makes the interview pleasant because hitting them where they want to be hit or hitting them where they normally don't have an opportunity to express.
Once you become somebody, that don't mean you distance yourself from people. There is no such thing as no one can walk the streets or go outside. That I will never believe. There might be some fanfare. There might be some paparazzi, but you can control that. All you have to do is maintain the person you were before that when you would tell someone to back up or get out of my way or just stop and address people. Give them what they want. Have a smile, kick a few lyrics, and be out.
The downside to celebrity is when you make it a 24 hour thing. I think celebrity is about turning it on and turning it off.
Take advantage and control the moment. Don't let the moment take control of you.
I always wanted to be an NBA ball player since I was eight years old. I kind of went on the road of sports and I ended up on the stage with the microphone. For me it's like a dream come full circle. I think some people do it because their agent tells them it's a good look to get some publicity. But myself, I eat, live, and breathe basketball.
Marian Diamond
Ed Garvey
George Wither
Danielle O'Hara
Dave Winer
Jim Dale
Julio Frenk
B. H. Roberts
Sven Nys
Alicia Silverstone
Antonio Gramsci
Andrei Soldatov