If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare.

The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to do.

The computer allows me to execute my ideas at the speed I think them.

Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually end up limiting what hip-hop can be.

If I were a painter, I would paint beautiful bodies - I would paint nipples, and I would paint Bibles. Am I going to say, 'I'm not going to paint this woman's neck because people will think I just want to lick on necks?' Please! That's not what art is about.

America has to be not just an idea but a living, breathing thing.

When you're a corporation, you're going to stick with what works. That's why every McDonald's is the same.