It's difficult to really be an artist nowadays. People are just on another page. You have a society that needs you to say something, but they don't want to give you the environment to be able to be just a functioning, happy, normal person. It's like, the industry is at odds with you, the society is at odds with you. You start to live in this very confined box where it's like, It's "me" and "them."

I don't hate nobody. I hate certain conditions that are inflicted upon the people - and they're helpless with it.

I don't care about what brand you are, I'm concerned what type of man you are, what your principles and standards are.

We blasted holes in the night until she bled sunshine

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.

If Islam's sole interest is the welfare of mankind, then Islam is the strongest advocate of human rights anywhere on Earth.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.