I know I ain't too old. I always think of my fans about 10 years older and 10 years younger than me.

Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.

When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.

Young people are dying for no reason all over the world that don't know why. It's ugly, everywhere.

I don't listen to nothing while I'm in the studio, because I don't want to be influenced by anybody else.

I believe every pencil has to be sharpened every now and then to stay sharp, or you dull out. So my records, I chose to speak on what black people do, what white people do, what women do, what men do.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.