I don't like to say something's weird when it's innovative and fresh.

People say to me 'you're successful, what are you crying about?'. I'm crying about the people. I'm crying about their daughters. Our daughters, as one family. What good is it. What good is anything that everyone can't have. Every ism. They think we're done with racism. What about elitism, what about separatism, what about classism? That's all.

I could let these dream killers kill my self-esteem, Or use my arrogance as the steam to power my dreams. I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed, But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh.

I am in the lineage of Gil Scott-Heron, great activist-type artists. But I'm also in the lineage of a Miles Davis - you know, that liked nice things also.

I need the information and then I can go. So, as long as I have the information and a little bit of sleep, I can do the rest.

I'm a creative genius and there's no other way to word it.

I wouldn't even say that I'm a rapper. I'd say I'm more of a messenger.