Man, I smashed her like an Idaho Potato

I give a damn if any fan recalls my legacy, I'm trying to live life in the sight of GOD's memory.

Hip-hop is a beautiful culture. It's inspirational, because it's a culture of survivors. You can create beauty out of nothingness.

When people say I don't see you enough, well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist or just 'cause you haven't heard me don't mean I haven't been making noise. But if I keep making noise, you'll pick up.

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

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

I'm retiring the Mos Def name after 2011. I'm actually doing it.