It's the only thing to do when you're in London - hang out in a taxi.

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

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.

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.

I come from a generation where you put the art out and had the luxury to sit back and watch the world deconstruct it, and that was valued. Unfortunately now the work lives in a weird context.

When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things, and no one would choose me because they couldn't say my name.

That's what's inspiring to me - finding someplace where people haven't already seen themselves in a certain light.