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

I've been involved in a lot of different kinds of projects. I've been on straight hip hop tours. I've been on underground rock tours. I've been on multimillion selling rock shows. I've been in the jam band thing, and both commercial and underground hip hop. Very few people listen to one kind of music.

In reality, I know I'm not hurt directly by sexism; however, my life is made less because of it, so I started thinking about the fallout from relationships in which people feed off each other.

When my daughter was born, that was the first time I cried from happiness.

I just make music based on what I believe.

A lot of us don’t get a sense of our personal power. I know the vast difference that one person can make in changing things.

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.