This is what divorce is: taking things you no longer want from people you no longer love.

You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.

It's a funny thing about rap, that when you say 'I' into the microphone, it's like a public confession. It's very strange.

Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?

When I was young, I was very technical about these things. I didn't like to admit to any intimate relation with what I was writing.

An essential part of power is the freedom not to think too deeply

I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.