You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what parents hate.

Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny.

Think! It ain't illegal 'yet.'

Funk is fun. And it's also a state of mind, ... But it's all the ramifications of that state of mind. Once you've done the best you can, funk it!

Look both ways before you cross my mind.

I worked in a barbershop. I used to make the waves in the brother's hair, you know? Like, Nat King Cole, Sugar Ray Robinson.

It's the easiest way to stay in the game: By helping the younger kids, they're gonna preach for you.