I dance for no reason, for reasons you can't dance, Call me an activist of intellectualized circumstance You can't learn my steps until you unlearn your thoughts Spirit, soul, can't be store-bought.

Books are carefully folded forests/void of autumn/bound from the sun

What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.

I have a very family-like connection to hip-hop, which is why it frustrates me so much.

When I look at certain aspects of popular culture - not everything because I like a lot of things - sometimes my heart breaks a little bit, just a little bit. I begin to ponder what happened to this generation, I don't know.

Honestly, I don't always want to get up in the mornings, but I do anyway.

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.