Our podium is the music. It's really important that we stay focused, because things become misconstrued in the media.

Consequence is no coincidence.

I am no longer going to become a fictional character to please people. That's too much work.

When I create music, the feeling that you get... I get first. You [the listener] have a delayed experience with the feeling I initially get when I have a creative insight. Not just the voice, but all the creativity - the production, the idea, the concept, the music involved. There is a high. There is an emotional experience that happens when everything comes together... I made music as consistently as I did, especially back in the day, because it made me feel so good... When everything is on, it's a wonderful feeling.

My concept of successful living is escaping the matrix.

I had to confront my fears and master my every demonic thought about inferiority, insecurity, or the fear of being black, young, and gifted in this Western culture.

How you gon' win when you ain't right within. Uh uh come again