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

You're not gonna get through life without being worshipful or devoted to something. You're either devoted to your job, or to your desires. So the best way to spend your life is to try to be devoted to prayer, to Allah.

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn't have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way.

I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.

I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

I know what it feels like to have the door slammed firmly in my face, so I'm cool with that.