"I want kids of this generation to see that everything is cool, that there's some kind of unity in hip-hop. We all found something that's really important to us, and music is all we've really got."

"Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry."

"Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction."

"I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth."

"Making music is still what keeps a fire going on in me."