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

If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.

I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.

I was taught when there's somethin' you can change around keep quiet, you got nothin' to complain about.

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

There was a time when hip-hop was its own musical principle, aside from sampling. Like the entire Wild Style break is instrumental. Kurtis Blow's earliest stuff was studio musicians playing. Whodini had a real clear sound, things like "five minutes of funk," stuff that you could write really beautiful, lush string and horn arrangements around, stuff that was just music.

You've got to validate every day. There are those who just put a stamp on it and say, "This is gonna be a good day and I'm not gonna let anything else make it a bad day."