For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.

It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?

You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.

If I can't take five years out to serve my country as president, then everything I've been singing about, like equal rights, doesn't mean anything.

When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it.

I've never really [written] something that was inspired.

When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.