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

I'm blacked than midnight on Broadway and Myrtle

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

If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."

I began to fear that Mos Def was being treated as a product, not a person, so I've been going by Yasiin since '99. At first it was just for friends and family, but now I'm declaring it openly.

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

I'm just an artist and I'm doin' what I like to do.