“When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.”

My wish list is pretty short. I wish that we had empathy.

I’m one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there’s no escaping it.

Basically you’re performing for these tabloid outlets and the paparazzi.

Sort of doesn’t really matter as much anymore, when you’re surrounded by great musicians who bring their spirit, their own talent.

Words are maybe less than accessible at expressing.

Well, I’m not a scientist; I’m not an expert on environmental law; I’m a guy that can tell stories.

Let’s show people how desirable it is to step it up and climb towards heaven.

I would always just sort of pick up instruments and make noise with ’em.

I’ve been given the opportunity to be alive in this day and age, and it’s rare.

So I think we have a lot of room to grow and be a better society, and it’s a constant battle. It’s an exciting opportunity to be active.

I think it can be a lot more collaborative. People, instead of competing, they can actually support each other, in music.

So I always look for a way to communicate ideas and help to spread excitement for change.

And when you perform and create this story, they’re chuffed – they get excited, they capture it, and they put it out.

I think you can find a lot of joy and inspiration through food.

Words just aren’t necessary a good enough opportunity to express.

As great as technology is, it still has it’s limitations, because it’s only a frame of the truth.

For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.

Very often people who admit the facts, who are willing to see that Mr. Rockefeller has employed force and fraud to secure his ends, justify him by declaring, ‘It’s business.’ That is, ‘it’s business’ has come to be a legitimate excuse for hard dealing, sly tricks, special privileges.

Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.

Hip-hop has different elements dealing with music, rap, graffiti art, b-boys (what you call break boys)… and also dealing with culture, and a whole movement dealing with wisdom and understanding, as well as peace unity and fun.

Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don’t know, I’ve always been intrigued by those emotions.

Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves.

When you’re dealing with an ambivalent relationship, you’re constantly on guard, grappling with questions of trust.

The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you’re dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but that’s a concern no matter what kind of movie you’re dealing with.