You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind of gives a crazy offset.

What happened to [Michael Brown] should've never happened. Never. But when we don't have respect for ourselves, how do we expect them to respect us? It starts from within. Don't start with just a rally, don't start from looting - it starts from within.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.

A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. 'To Pimp a Butterfly' is an extension of those albums.

I'm African American / I'm African / I'm black as the moon.