I always keep my head down, working, doing things, moving forward. That's what I've done all my life. Then you stop and realize what you've done.

Don't slip into the traps, and don't forget about your 'hood, the kids in the 'hood. Remember, you're disposable, so take advantage while you can.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

At the end of the day, we are responsible for our own lives. If anything happens to us, don't blame somebody else. Backtrack and look at what you did to contribute to that. You also contribute to your successes. Once you learn that, you're on your way.

I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal.

A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.

Self-expression is always a right, but its still not there to be abused.