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

If you go get a passport, it might encourage you to at least consider the world around you.

A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually visiting the people in real life. It became a business model. It became a revenue engine that, you know, you can get to the hood without ever going there.

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

Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

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

I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.