I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.

There's not one person in the world that's not a living, walking contradiction.

To me, it's an honour to be accepted as a hip hop artist, it gives me a lot of opportunity to express myself.

I think most albums deserve a documentary because [an album] is a visual book. You don't have to read up on it because you can listen and watch the whole story. I would love to see lots of albums [become films.]

No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done

I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times, Nothing's equivalent to the New York state of mind