I have tried to write songs quickly that get scrapped. I've also taken a long time on songs that get scrapped because you can over-think something, and you've squeezed the life out of it. As opposed to work of art, it looks like a really great work of craftsmanship.

I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.

In high school, everybody rapped. You just pounded on the table.

I am a person who always feels like I am not doing the right thing because there's always so many things that need to get done.

A lot of people heard about gin and juice for the first time from Snoop Dogg, but it was nothing new in rap music, and it was nothing new in the black community.

All of a sudden it became that hip hop didn't used to be about partying; hip hop used to be about putting out a message.

What I'm trying to do is make music that people relate to, that talks about ideas that are personal but also make that connection to trying to make revolutionary change, and I don't need to change my music to get to a certain audience.