It's a funny line when you're walking - the creativity, the subjectivity versus the objectivity, creativity versus the business, and recognizing that you are in the music business, so there are certain things that you have to acquiesce to on the business side and certain creative decisions that you have to make for the purposes of serving the business side of it.
Lupe FiascoThe truth is limitless in its range, if you drop the T and look at it in reverse it could hurt.
Lupe FiascoI do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your comments or your reviews or your previews.
Lupe FiascoWhen I started making my own music, I was more about recreating what I was hearing. I noticed that I had some control over what I was saying, and the effects that it's going to have on people. I wanted to focus more on the positive side of things, which are more in tune with my morals and ethics.
Lupe FiascoHip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.
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