You Can't Turn A Bad Girl Good,

For Me, Being With Obama Or Having Dinner With Bill Clinton... It's Crazy. It's Mind-blowing, Because Where I Come From Is Just Another World. We Were Just Ignored By Politicians, By America In General.

People Who Don't Know You, You Don't Know Their Motives. They Smile At You All Day, "oh, That's Great. You've Done It Again! You're The Greatest!" And That's Not Good For An Artist.

Rap Has Been A Path Between Cultures In The Best Tradition Of Popular Music.

When You Step Outside Of School And Have To Teach Yourself About Life, You Develop A Different Relationship To Information. I've Never Been A Purely Linear Thinker. You Can See It In My Rhymes. My Mind Is Always Jumping Around, Restless, Making Connections, Mixing And Matching Ideas, Rather Than Marching In A Straight Line. That's Why I'm Always Stressing Focus. My Thoughts Chase Each Other From Room To Room In My Head If I Let Them, So Sometimes I Have To Slow Myself Down.

I Ain't Lookin' At You Dudes -i'm Lookin' Past You.