There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and soul - and what hip-hop can be at its most brilliant and what hip-hop can be at its most simplistic.

Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not just Hip-Hop, so that we could understand. The better your 'listening ear' is, the better your music will be.

New York City gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty.

There needs to be someone who can lead you in the right direction.

Having the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it over comes with time spent and wisdom gained in a music career.

His momma said, Donovan why are you, on the corner of linden and guy R. Brewer?

It mattered what someone did to allow you to have the forum to do what you're doing.