Make today's solid ground out of yesterday's quicksand.

I thought everybody got into rock 'n' roll because they didn't want to follow instructions.

That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music; it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.

I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

I want to be necessary and do good works. I ain't here to waste nobody's time, because I don't want you to waste mine.