You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.

Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.

With Prisoner of Conscience, the focus was - I've worked with Madlib, High Tech, Kanye West, J Dilla. I feel like I've worked with some of the greatest of all time. That's been overlooked. That's been overshadowed by the weight of the lyrics.

A flower that grow in the ghetto know more about survival than the one from fresh meadows.

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

Why give you the cure when the disease makes money?

I don't feel comfortable making empty music.