I'm doing exactly what I was supposed to do. Yeah. I didn't exactly choose this. My own life, if it were up to me, would be very, very quiet. I'd be like a shopkeeper, a book collector, or something like that. I'm not like this. Myself as a performer and an artist is totally different from who I am.

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

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

Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?

All the things that are worth doing, take time.

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

Bob Marley performed the 'One Love Peace' concert in Jamaica with the two different warring political sides. There's always been that in black music and culture in general. It's no surprise because black music is such a reflection of what's going on in black life. It's not unusual for hip-hop.