They say that when a man faces his destiny, the destiny ends and he becomes the man that he really is.

I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle

Hip-hop is the last true folk art.

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.

I don't wanna get into that space where a lot of guys now, their solo album is like eight or 10 songs with other people, you don't get an idea of who this guy is. I just wasn't interested in that.

I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.

The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.