Americans cannot be the policemen of the world. We cannot protect countries all over the world.
We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.
Hip-hop educated me about other forms of music, because it sampled from all different styles.
You can feel a lot of things, and that's okay. Channel that into your passion.
The urgency for me is to hurry up and become visible enough to either influence or shame other artists or corporations into understanding that there needs to be an equal starting block. You can't rush to make the changes. The rush that I have is to change the mindset of the people who can actually influence the situation in developed countries and in under - developed countries. . . and not all under-developed countries need to develop. Maybe they just need to learn and be re - given the tools to understand how to use the land that they live on.
When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all myself. Now I understand what everyone's jobs are, who is doing them right, and who isn't.
Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.
Wherever men have lived, there is a story to be told
I don't like to degrade women, but I like pornography.
The terrorists do not understand America. The American people do not falter under threat, and we will not allow our future to be determined by car bombers and assassins.
A career like mine as an actor has a lot of ups and downs. Sometimes you wonder if you're not wasting your time trying to carve out a space for yourself in this crazy entertainment industry.