“Everybody nowadays rhymes, but out of the people that really, really do it well, it’s still a small community of artists.”

You have writers that write about crazy characters, but that doesn’t mean the writer himself is crazy.

I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn’t go to school with no one.

The song ‘Bite the Thong’ in particular, with Damon Albarn, really encapsulates the whole dilemma of, ‘

The idea of having different characters is really just to get the storyline across, you know? Coming from one particular character makes, to me, the story boring.

Hmm, should I stay on the underground when everybody else is selling out?’ Nowadays, you can just do it – have your name-brand clothes, do songs with rock n’ rollers – and it’s not considered selling out.

I though it’d be an easy way for people to see and differentiate between characters, sorta like when an actor gains weight for a role.

I think – a lot of times in hip-hop, especially – artists get kind of pigeonholed into being ‘the guy,’ and it’s kind of limiting in a way.

Nobody knows me – I’m incognito. It’s all new, all fun.

I make hip-hop, but use Doom as a character to convey stories that a normal dude can’t.

Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun.

I’m always trying to show versatility. I’m juggling, and I’m flipping fire, and I’m chewing gum and rhyming at the same time… on a unicycle, while playing the drums.

I grew up in that age, and it was memorable. But I’m down with all of it. Chuck D or Danny Brown? I feel comfortable with all of them. Word up, kid! Word up, man!

I’m back – now watch this!’ It all boils down to the music. The mask is a slight theme for people to enjoy, and it adds mystery.

The ‘Doom’ thing is to be able to come at things with a different point of view. I decided the mask would just add to the mystique of the character as well as make Doom stand out.

I might as well use it to control the story. So why not do something like throw a mask on?

I liked being able to speak to somebody and throw it back and forth, and they can’t predict what you’re going to say next.

Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be in itself a power.

Communism begins where atheism begins.

You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.

The value of indigenous communities needs to be recognized and their full participation in society supported.

Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.

A vote for Republicans is a vote for safe communities, great jobs, and a limitless future

We call communism the real movement which abolishes the present state of things.

The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.