You know, if I can survive marching band, I can survive anything.

I'm glad I got a record contract, because all of a sudden everything you were doing before that made you a stupid person now makes you a smart person.

Music can make the cerebral accessible, the subconscious hummable. It communicates our shared needs and desires as sentient beings better than any other medium.

You can criticize something you strive for, and you can avoid something you dream about.

I do think there's a great deal of politics mixed in rap. Their reference to the real world is much better than most, particularly a lot of women who seem like all they do is sing about love. Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life. I don't understand why that's all they concentrate on, except that that's what they're encouraged to do, because if you keep thinking about love, you'll be less of a challenge. I like that about rap. It's got power to it.

I really don't care what people say. It's amazing that feminism continues to exist at all, considering how much counter-feminism is out there.

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.