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

Alternative spaces, independent media, satellite, these all provide some tools by which we can work more independently and deal more directly with communities we hope to reach. Distribution is key, and finding alternative ways to do that with new media is critical.

You can actually take your pain and processes it into some kind of form of art. So I mean, I've easily always been able to do that, but also I've always been able to give myself perspective - or, you know, older people always give you perspective.

For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people, people of color, you know, the bad news happens to be news. They used to have these little stupid colloquialisms that pop up like, "You know what? No news is bad news!" They trick the masses into thinking that any news is great for you. And I just think that's a piece of crap.

I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for.

My thing is, the older you get you gotta stand up for what you believe in, and keep bashin' away.

Minds are the real estate of the 21st century.