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

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.

Reckless capitalism kills black people.

My Umi said shine your light on the world, shine your light for the world to see

Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.

We can be beautiful and feel beautiful about who we are everyday.