I don't feel comfortable making empty music.

Music is not an exact science so depending on the time and the mode and the energy when we do it that will determine what happens with it.

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

I think people are into me because of my music choices and my musicality.

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

So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.

Harry Belafonte hit me to the Dream Defenders and I liked what they were about. When I asked them how I could help their movement, they said, "You can help by coming down here; you can tweet."