No one needs to teach you to be mean; we need to be taught to be kind.

Fanatics are, for one thing, boring and, for another, unreliable. They tend to burn out just when you need them.

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

My work is a part of me and I know it. I have no reason to try to pick one part of me out from the rest. I only see my work, or rather I should say I see my work only telling my part of the human experience.

And like an unfaithful mate, once a car has let you down you never sort of trust it again.

History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal with what happened.

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.