I'm still working out my opinions - it's always a question mark. I leave loads of space open, and people don't like that.

If you narrow the playing field, the next generation has less to put out, to eat and regenerate from.

Besides, isn't it more exciting when you don't have permission?

What really drives me mad about art is that, in America, the only thing you can do is to take it apart.

I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it's out of your control.

The music industry was invented, like, 100 years ago. I'm talking about the goddess Matangi, who invented music 5,000 years ago. She was the only thing that inspired me.

I think people were genuinely addicted to hip hop in the 90s, addicted to the idea of empowerment. I think it came from [the fact that] the rappers in the 90s, their parents coming from the 70s, had such a rich variety of records to sample.