The Very Reason I Write Is So

Because Immigrants Have Always Been Particularly Prone To Repetition - It's Something To Do With That Experience Of Moving From West To East Or East To West Or From Island To Island. Even When You Arrive, You're Still Going Back And Forth; Your Children Are Going Round And Round. There's No Proper Term For It - Original Sin Seems Too Harsh; Maybe Original Trauma Would Be Better.

The Secret To Editing Your Work Is Simple: You Need To Become Its Reader Instead Of Its Writer.

I'm Most Honest About Writing When I'm Talking To Family Or Friends, Not To Newspapers.

You Can't State Difference And Also State Equality. We Have To State Sameness To Understand Equality.

The Roots Of Rap Are Originally Ghetto-ised Or Extremely Working Class. So When You're An Artist Who's Making Something Which Isn't How Its Mainstream Appearance Should Be, There's Always These Strange Questions Of Authenticity And What You Have To Do To Be 'real' As A Rapper.