During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.

Time will tell. Time is always telling. Time never stops telling.

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

There's no such thing as success on an isolated level.

My theory is that nine times out of ten, if there's a depression, more a social depression than anything, it brings out the best art in black people. The best example is, Reagan and Bush gave us the best years of hiphop.

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.

It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid."