The truth has no form, you know. It's not like walking around trying to actually ask for favors and to be acknowledged, it is what it is.

When culture is created in boardrooms with a panel of six or seven strategists for the masses to follow, to me that is no different than an aristocracy. It's not created from the people in the middle of the streets, so to speak. It is created from a petri dish for the sake of making money, and it is undermining the longevity of the culture.

Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and inhumane. But as a business it worked.

I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music.

Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.

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

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