Restlessness Is My Nemesis. It's Hard To

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.

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

I'm Growing As An Individual, But Your Always Growing. All Of My Albums Are Snapshots Of Where I Am Artistically.

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.

If It's Just Fame For The Sake Of Being Famous, No One Even Cares About You - And You Don't Even Care About Yourself Because You're Like, "this Is So Ridiculous."