If you have to ask yourself whether or not you love a girl or you love a boy, forget it. You don't.
This thing called rhymin' is no different than coal minin'; We both on assignment to unearth the diamond.
It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.
I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.
Every time you ask yourself where hip-hop's going, ask yourself where you're going; how are you doing?
The new moon rode high in the crown of the metropolis. Shinin', like "Who on top of this?
I like to read the 'Financial Times' when I'm traveling. 'Economist. ' 'Ad Busters. '
Courage. By beginning the journey with that word and continuing with faith in God, you will arrive wherever you need to arrive.
If you put a woman in prison for four years when she's young and make her pay her time in a horrible place and she wants to come out and work, and become a mother and be a contributor to society and pay taxes and you never give her that chance. There is something un-Canadian about that.
At the end of the day, every media entity is in the business of selling soap. They're not afraid of being popular.
You sell on emotion, but you justify a purchase with logic.