I think that good writing is based on good reading. Maybe it's not about writing today, maybe it's about reading today. Maybe it's about finding the sort of book you would never read.

i am like a survivor of the flood walking through the streets drenched with God surprised that all of the drowned victims are still walking and talking

I've never believed it's really so important that you conform to the ways of the system in order to beat the system. I think that the system follows a great deal.

Legislation won't necessarily start a riot. But the right song can make someone pick up a chair.

I was fed by the music I listened to as a kid. Hip-hop fed me psychologically, spiritually, politically. I learned from that music.

I didn't ever want to make a rap album. I considered it too limiting. Now that's exactly what I've gone and done

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.