Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

One thing my dad once said to me, "You either want to be right, or you want to be happy. To be happy, there's gotta be a conversation."

The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.

A lot of my sketches came from thoughts, and I always just wanted to act them out.

What's the point of rap if you can't be yourself, huh?

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

May your dreams be sweet and your nightmares be spooky-monster-scary and not grandma-died-scary.