There are probably more internet hate sites about me than Charles Manson.
The true beauty of music is that it connects people.
The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.
A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.
I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.
I've been sampled so much and I'm glad it's happened, it's a great compliment.
I don't like rap that you can't understand. The youth is so quick and alert.
If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God. But, of course, if you think some things really bad, and God really good, then you cannot talk like that. You must believe that God is separate from the world and that some of the things we see in it are contrary to His will.
Hollywood can buy a lot of pieces of the puzzle, but the great thing is they can never buy word of mouth.
I love New York. I love how integrated it is, how everybody lives together.
How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished, not to shine in use! As though to breathe were life.