I was doing the wrong thing, at the time I thought I was doing the right thing. It's like if you're dealing with somebody who is high on drugs, they can look back at it and say, "Wow, I was destroying myself." But during the period, they think they're doing the right thing. You just have to let the smoke clear so you can see the whole picture.

The truth is, everybody I've ever met who's successful is a workaholic.

Half the rhymes you write, you're saying that you're better than the other MC. That's how we keep the craft sharp.

I've lectured at Stanford, Princeton & Harvard to name a few... I just might be smarter than YOU

I didn't really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

There was a time when people would go search out underground records. Now, underground means free, and people don't really care for it. So now artists tend to go more pop and look for the radio. You know, the radio never wanted you to speak about anything, so the music is kinda influenced by the hands of the radio which wants to homogenize it and dilute it and sanitize it. And for the most part, nobody's takin' the time to seek out the cats that are still tryin' to talk, so they have a difficult time being heard, like Chuck D said.