I Have Such Respect For The Art

What's More Condescending And Corny Than Someone Telling You How Much More Money They Have Than You And Telling You Basically, 'i Don't Care About Poor People,' Which Is A Large Part Of What You Hear Of Corporate Hip-hop On The Radio.

As An Artist, I Have To Be A Leader Of My Fans, Not Like Follow Them. Because If I Chose To Follow Them, You Know, They Could Do It.

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.

Coltrane Had A Sax, Dale Earnhardt Drives A Race Car And Everybody Has Their Tools.

My Fans Like To Be Romantic. I Feel Like I'm Creating At Least At The Same Level Or Even A Higher Level Of Creativity Than I Was At Twenty-one. I've Gotten Better As An Artist.