People Don't Understand That Where I Come

I'm Not In Competition With Nobody. I Want To Make Good Music For My Fans Who Want It, Who Enjoy It, Who Learn Something From It. And That's What It Is.

I Do This For The Sake Of Myself. It's A Selfish Process. I Don't Really Have Any Expectations From Anyone For Your Comments Or Your Reviews Or Your Previews.

You Have Educate The Masses To Exactly What Their Tax Dollars Are Going To Pay For. I Think Once People Educate Themselves And Open Up Their Minds To Understand That On That Really Basic Level, Then You'll Have Some Type Of Change In The Way That Americans Associate Themselves And Participate In Their Own Political Process.

With Australian Audiences, There's A Certain Level Of Education - As Far As How Much Access And Exposure They Have To Music From Various Genres. So When You Do 'big Day Out' And There Are All These Different Musical Acts, You See The Same People In Your Crowd That Were There For A Completely Different Artist.

For Me, I Never Wore My Religion On My Sleeve, You Know What I'm Saying? I Never Put Myself Out There As Lupe Fiasco, He's Muslim, He's From Chicago, He Likes To Ride A Skateboard.