Hip hop started in NY so it's important that New Yorkers realise that to talk about NY music and its sound should not be a small-minded conversation. Music is supposed to evolve. It's supposed to be going through changes, it's not supposed to sound exactly the same as what it did when it started. NY hip hop has to be allowed to move on and grow and expand.

All on the street, you get treated like a street cat: "All right, you've been eatin' enough, you're fat, get out of the way now and let somebody else come by."

I've been lucky enough to reach a place where I can speak what's in my heart, and people know that it comes from a real place; I don't have to worry about doing what someone's not doing - I can do me.

The Internet made the world smaller, so it's easier for people to hear your music. You don't necessarily need a radio record.

Don't ever give up on yourself. Keep pushing because the change of guards is what life's all about.

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

I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.