I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.

The minute I get swelled up about something, something has always brought me back down to earth.

DJ culture always made us aware that the best records were going to come from the small shops

I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.

We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the same goddamn time. You know the kind of person: You see them everywhere on television but nowhere in front of your face.

The real thing is the heart, you know the heart shouldn't be covered with concrete.

I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just as good. It's just that everything out of the U.S. proclaims to be the best, especially L.A. and New York, being that they're the nerve centers and media capitals of the most predominantly media-emitting country in the world.