Half the time, my job is basically to talk people off the ledge. It's more psychological than just me picking up some sticks and counting, "1, 2, 3, 4."

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.

To be hip-hop is much more than just rapping in the production. It is more in the attitude.

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

I hear a lot of cries of socialism and certainly real disguises of "Why should I share my money with these people?" We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."

I want to be as healthy as I can be so I can make it past 50; make it past 60 and make it past 70.

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