My Presence Speaks Volumes Before I Say

I Began To Fear That Mos Def Was Being Treated As A Product, Not A Person, So I've Been Going By Yasiin Since '99. At First It Was Just For Friends And Family, But Now I'm Declaring It Openly.

Make Today's Solid Ground Out Of Yesterday's Quicksand.

Good Art Provides People With A Vocabulary About Things They Can't Articulate.

If 'life In Marvelous Times' Can't Get On The Radio, Then I Don't Need To Be On The Radio.

I Can't Control What People Think. I'm Not Trying To Manipulate People's Thoughts Or Sentiments. I Write All The Time. You Have To Experience Life, Make Observations, And Ask Questions. It's Machine-like How Things Are Run Now In Hip-hop, And My Ambitions Are Different.