If you really look at my lyrics, nobody's exempt. Nobody's exempt from observation, criticism or what I think is correction.

If you really think back to the culture or just black America before rap music took off, New York could have been Paris.

Early in my career, people wanted to hear music about protest, about trying to change things.

Go down to the corner store and beat the Jap up, clean all the crap up.

I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.

There's a lot of talent in South Central L.A., in Compton and Long Beach and Watts, and the city north of Pico pretty much sits back and waits for that talent to emerge and then steps in.

I think reading is important in any form. I think a person who's trying to learn to like reading should start off reading about a topic they are interested in, or a person they are interested in.