Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps

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

You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.

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.

You should be a person inside the world with knowledge of your terrain. And if you lock yourself into the 2,000-by-3,000-square-mile, lower-48 box of the United States, you're going to be frustrated by its limitations. You gotta think outside the box.

Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America.

I'm most passionate about, you know, making everybody understand that we should all have equal access on this earth.