Alternative spaces, independent media, satellite, these all provide some tools by which we can work more independently and deal more directly with communities we hope to reach. Distribution is key, and finding alternative ways to do that with new media is critical.

I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.

You know, you should start to be in plays and things like that. Write some scripts. If you're an artist and you truly don't believe what you're spittin' then you need to really seriously be an actor then.

Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.

Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore.

Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context of history is like drowning in bloody water, dragging down those yet knowing to swim.

I have to be conscious of what I'm sayin' because people are gonna come at me about this sh*t.