Reagan's neglect of the inner city is responsible for hiphop. Hiphop is created thanks to the conditions that crack set: easy money but a lot of work….

It's easy for me to say, "Oh yeah, that's the self-saboteur move that most artists pull whenever they're afraid.".

Music has the power to stop time. But music also keeps time..

I hear a lot of cries of socialism and certainly real disguises of "Why should I share my money with these people?" We have to get back to "we." It's….

When you first start off, you see what other people have and quietly say, "I want that.".

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art..

I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated..

Working with the artist elite can be like banging your head against the wall..

Meaninglessness takes hold because meaninglessness is addictive..

I love traveling the States no matter what. I love traveling abroad, going to Japan and Australia. I love it. I never get tired of it..

Switching off perfection switched on the human quality.

I think all of this—The Roots and DJing included—was meant to prepare me for The Tonight Show..

I'm a 24-hour tweet machine, I'm a 24-hour blogger. When there's no pressure on me, I can talk and write and lecture with the best of them. But put a….

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life..

For anyone that's ever had a musical breakthrough in their career, it's always followed by the departure period right after..

I was one of those skeptics that thought that yoga was for kooks. Now I'm on a very strict regimen. You know, I work out. That's another thing I've l….

Funk never dies. It is eternal. It just smells a little different from time to time..

I hate holidays because it's the quietest; it's the most deafening sound in my apartment..

You can't live off of just greasy fatty foods and stayin' up till six in the mornin' just partyin'. You gotta take care of yourself..

I don't believe in good music and bad music anymore. I'm through with that phase of my life. Sometimes I just wanna feel good, so I put on a good rec….

At 25, my idea of success may have been more vain, like, "I'll be good the day that there's $20 million in my account and I have this particular hous….