No matter what's in your head, you go up into any hospital, up to a terminal ward and it'll smack you right back into reality that, "Hey man, whatever you're dealing with, if it's heavy on your heart and head, you're gonna have to let that go, because there, some people are dealing with unavoidable situations that they can't let go." And then they eventually let those go, so, I mean, that's helpful.

With black people, there are 50 Hitlers over the course of history.

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

If you want to be an artist, truly try to write what you believe, and if you write when you don't believe then you should try to become an actor.

There's people who feel that, Well, if I could profit off of sellin' sex to an eleven-year-old kid that comes through some kind of virtual portal, then I'm not really doin' it in actuality. I'm just kind of co-signing or fostering it, 'cause it can't be attached to me. I'm like, Yes it can, 'cause people are livin' through their avatar.

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.