I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind of alien.

I used to skip school to go there when I was growing up in Newark, ... I saw the Flamingos, the Heartbeats, Jackie Wilson, Chuck Jackson.

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.

The bigger the headache, the bigger the pill.

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

Funk 'em, just to see the look on their face.

Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.