It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.

Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive.

I think all of this—The Roots and DJing included—was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show.

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.