Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because of black leadership. We just have that problem, and it's something that I am going to spend the rest of my life trying to conquer.

I'm not an executive. I can do it, I have the mind for it, but there's a life that you have to lead, and you have to give up your creative freedom. That's what I don't want to give up.

I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle

Ignorance is a poison and knowledge will nourish.

So you think that hip-hop had it's start out in Queensbridge, If you popped that junk up in the Bronx you might not live.

You are not doing hip hop; you ARE hip hop.

I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of the culture, and it's the name of the identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls.