The greatest sin is fear and giving up.

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

Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

I think you gotta always do things that keep you excited in an [rap music] industry that's so bullshit. When you know that you have so much energy and so much to give, it would be a shame if the facilitators of that aren't enthusiastic about you doing it, because you've been doing it for so long. So you just gotta figure out ways in this insane business to keep it fresh.

My first record - it was 1991. I was 16 years old. My first album came out when I was 20. So, I've been here that long and I still have the passion to do it.

I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.

We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.