Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

I pick up on styles, way before they get popular, pretty much before young kids do. I see 'em coming.

Just gimme some stage. I'll make my own way once I get there.

The desired effect is what you get when you improve your interplanetary funksmanship.

When I hear music that parents hate, or older musicians hate, I know that's the new music. When I hear older people saying, 'I hate Rap or Techno' I rush to it.

Hip-hop is getting to the point now where they are going to start sounding like Al Jarreau or Bobby McFerrin or some of the other poets. Some of the better rappers can rap real fast without even melodies. It'll get to that same point.

Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off or get you out of the way in five years to make way for the new groups.