If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.

But hey, when you live in Watts, you need a little smack to get by, you know what I mean? You need something soft and comfortable in your life, 'cause you're not going to get it from what's around you. And society isn't going to give it to you.

The only way things work around here is if everybody wants it to work. If everybody wants it to work, then it has a prayer. Even then, there's no guarantee. But at least it has a prayer.

The nature of what we're doing is something, which is by its very nature, is non-formulaic. There's no way that you can make it happen by intention alone. It's something that you have to sort of allow it to happen, and you have to allow for it to happen.

You need to have many points of reference; many places to touch down and make contact with.

Run faster, jump higher, reach farther, and you'll always win!

We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.