Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.

You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions.

You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics.

I have no confidence issues with the impact or the quality of the music. No one in hip-hop, before this point and to this point, with all due respect, has done this.

I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way

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

Restlessness is my nemesis. It's hard to just chill and sit still.