I always remain optimistic. There are three levels of music production: the majors, indies, and what I call "inties," music distributed via the Internet. The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.

You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music.

I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.

People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.

Once you think bigger than yourself then the cause becomes the issue if you think on a higher plain you can come together to work on our problems.