Remind your self. Nobody constructed like you, you style your self.

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.

Hip-hop gave a generation a common ground that didn't require either race to lose anything; everyone gained.

I grew up in Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, and my mom and pop had an extensive record collection, so Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and all of those sounds and souls of Motown filled the house.

We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that's a beautiful thing. We're all trading off each other's culture, so no matter what lines you put--country indie rock, rap, we're all somehow gonna find a way to come together.

If your dad died before you were born, yeah, it hurts — but it’s not like you had a connection with something that was real. Not to say it’s any better — but to have that connection and then have it ripped away was, like, the worst. My dad was such a good dad that when he left, he left a huge scar. He was my superhero.

Whoever said that artists shouldn't pay attention to their business was probably someone w/their hand in some artist's pocket.