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.

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

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

After 2001, everyone in the Soulquarians blew up, which wasn't expected. We all got the success, and then everybody froze.

For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after.

At the end of the day, I don't release any records that I'm not proud to put my name on. I never got to that point.

I keep moving through time and time keeps moving through me. And through that process, life takes shape. The question is what shape it is. I'm not the first person to ask that question, or to see how absurd it is to think there's a real answer. Maybe life's a circle.