I guess something that you love to do, you gotta ease up off it and give it a little space, come back and be fresh to it.

People don't like the music that's out now, that's on their radio stations, and they want to hear something different, but they're just the audience. You know, people will keep the TV on even if a show is on that they hate - because, unfortunately, they've been programmed to do that. [But] they are really looking for something that's gonna speak to the world that they're living in. That's what people are looking for, but they're not finding it.

The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they didn't mean enough

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.

And remember don't high post when you're far from home, and high posting when you're all alone.

Hip-hop is rock & roll. What the hell is Wu-Tang but Motorhead?