At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.

Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.

I'm really quite bipolar, and the depressed times, when everything felt like night, sometimes you get to such a low point that you physically beat at it until it bleeds - as you would say - bleeds till sunshine. You get to a point where you say, 'I will not take it anymore! I'm gonna do something drastic if I stay this depressed. I've got to break out of there!'

If 'Life in Marvelous Times' can't get on the radio, then I don't need to be on the radio.

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It's not a dormant. It's not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations.