Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.

If you feel comfortable, and you feel happy, and successful at your job, then that's success. You define that as success, then that's success. Success is not a general thing. It's a personal thing. It's a personal attribute.

The point of Islam is to promote peace.

Just be yourself and one day you will find someone who loves you for everything you are, flaws or no flaws.

I don't really care about the GOPs or the Democratic Party. My point is the people, giving the people truth.

For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as Lupe Fiasco, he's Muslim, he's from Chicago, he likes to ride a skateboard.

The stuff that I make and the things that I talk about, you have to listen, so if the beat is doing too much, it's going to take you away. If the hook is too distracting, it's going to take you away. The hook just needs to be enough to get you from one verse to the next.