The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

The problem with our role is Americans live in a world of illusion.

Young kids should be doing music that has shock value. They'll grow out of it.

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

By the time you get into other kinds of music - R&B, country, or whatever - it becomes something that's romantic. It becomes something unattainable. Never-ending undying love. And in hip hop, we're still taking direct inspiration.

My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around.