I became tired of submitting my art to a panel of corporate strategists who decide if it meets their standard of what gets into stores or not. It was quite simple for me: they act like judge and jury of my art, and that is unacceptable. I wanted to give it right to the public.

You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it.

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.

Why would twenty-six-year-old "teenagers" care about political ramifications if their backs are not up against the wall? But if their backs are against the wall they may be plucked to fight in Iraq, and all of sudden they become politicized real quick.

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.

Every time something tries to create respect with a machine it crumbles!