I always knew that I had to direct. That was something I'd wanted to do. Finally, I was just looking at the situation and I said, "I wanna document hip-hop, as an art form, seeing how a lot of people don't take it seriously."

Arnold Schwarzenegger blew away dozens of cops as the Terminator. But I don't hear anybody complaining about that.

I'm afraid because some police are way out of control. My true feeling with police is this: If they do their job, there's no problem.

The trick with hip-hop-hip-hop is a sport. The only music that's really, really close to a sport. It starts off, "My DJ's better than yours. I can out-rap you, I can out-dance you, my graffiti piece is better than you." It's very competitive.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself.

The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.