When You First Start Off, You See

And Even Though People Like To Furrow Their Brow Like They Suspect You're Not Being Honest About Yourself, The Truth Is That They Worry That You're Not Serving Their Idea Of You.

I Was Born At A Very Crucial Time. I Consider 1968 To Be The Mason Dixon Line Between Pre- And Post-civil Rights Generation Ideas, Whereas A Lot Of People Born Before '68 They Kind Of Went Into That Moses Mentality. Like, I'm Not Going To Make It, You Know, I Don't Have Any Hope.

My Theory Is That Nine Times Out Of Ten, If There's A Depression, More A Social Depression Than Anything, It Brings Out The Best Art In Black People. The Best Example Is, Reagan And Bush Gave Us The Best Years Of Hiphop.

Switching Off Perfection Switched On The Human Quality

I'm Not One Of Those People Who's So Blinded By My Own Work And My Sweat. It's Kind Of Risky Writing A Memoir When You're Really Part Of A Larger Universe.