Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.

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

I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.

Use your own intuition. You are tomorrow.

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

I've learned not to be surprised by what people do no more.

The greatest sin is fear and giving up.