Money is created by a machine... but you can't really create respect with a machine.

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

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

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don’t put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It’s something you’re supposed to do. Now, you can’t go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That’s stupid.

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.

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