I think music sharing of any kind is great.

I like collaboration because, first of all, I'm good at writing lyrics. I don't know how to make beats. I don't play instruments. I'm not a good singer. So even when you see a solo album of mine, it's still a collaboration.

I have a luxury of people coming to see me whether I play for the crowd or not. I don't take that lightly.

I like the fact that I can rep New York, but my style does not - I'm not trapped in a New York thing. I can do art songs with other artists and it's seamless.

If you go to a college campus and you do stop and frisk, you're going to find a lot of drugs there too.

I think all those artists are artists who are appreciated because you believe their words and you appreciate their honesty in their music. If you don't appreciate the honesty in the music, the beat can be fly as hell but you'll never give an emcee props.

It’s very seductive to focus on what you don’t like as opposed to celebrating all that it is that you do.