The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals.

What I'm aiming to do within hip-hop is to point out that the music itself is powerful; it reaches so many people.

I hear the weed is really strong in California.

A lie preserved in stained glass doesn't make it more true.

intelligence is intuitive you needn't learn to love unless you've been taught to fear and hate

I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. It's not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written

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