Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

People need to spread love towards strangers. We all bleed the same blood and we are all part of a global community now.

I think by the next generation either we'll have a lot of idiots who are just completely immersed in media and corporatized information, or we'll have people who enjoy media and corporatized information, but are more interconnected with human beings around the world ... And who share common goals and are willing to accept that they are a global citizen. I think the latter is more the direction.

Compassion can change a lot of things, including the world. Young people especially need to know that, because they're the future.

What do you actually need? Food, clothing and shelter. Everything else is entertainment.

The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into understanding that there needs to be an equal starting block. You can't rush to make the changes. The rush that I have is to change the mindset of the people who can actually influence the situation in developed countries and in under - developed countries ... and not all under-developed countries need to develop. Maybe they just need to learn and be re - given the tools to understand how to use the land that they live on.