How could I be out there and not do anything?

Screamin' 'Carpe Diem!' until I'm a Dead Poet.

I'm a person that works off of music. I let the music dictate the direction.

When I listen to great music, the first thing I wonder is what people were saying when this came out of the speakers in the studio. I want to know what happened when they played it and said, "This is the one!"

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

Wherever I go, I bring the culture with me, so that they can understand that it's attainable. I didn't do it any other way than through hip-hop.

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.