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.

At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.

Why do I need I.D. to get I.D.? If I had I.D. I wouldn't need I.D.

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

Everything's got space between it, the planets, trees, your eyes. Your eyes get too close together, it's a whole different world. You can lose perspective.

I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.

History has proven that it's impossible to crush the artist. There's always gonna be a need for somebody to write a poem or sing a song about something, about life - that makes it real. There's the word that goes beyond the word.