You have to keep your vision clear, cause only a coward lives in fear.

Turnin' nothin' into somethin' is God work, and you get nothin' without struggle and hard work

Hip-hop artists, especially the older ones, are the ones who knew hip-hop was a worldwide phenomenon before the mainstream caught on, so hip-hop artists are forward thinkers. We want to stay with the new.

It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.

My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.

N.Y. hip-hop is ok, but we gotta become brave again; we have to be brave enough and do something new - that's what New York is about... New.

Hip-hop lasted and survived all these years that you have to give it credit. Even though it's not up to people's expectations anymore, its still here, and that's says a lot.

No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?

My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.

Africa has been going through so much for so many years; it's time that it stands up the way other nations are standing up.

GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.

Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me - ever.

I don't have time for the news clippings. I got my own mission.

When I say 'hip-hop is dead,' basically, America is dead. There is no political voice. Music is dead.

DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.

I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.

I've been called everything. Gangsta rap. I've been called conscious rap. You know, everything. Whoever feels like calling it whatever they want to call it, that's on them.

Divorce can be crazy. Man, if you're happy... Love is a beast, man. Hold on. Be prepared for any way it may go, and be honest.

I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.

No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.

To me, creatively challenging myself is my version of owning the Nets.

I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.

I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.

Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.

Hillary Clinton wants to push for equal pay and for paid family leave and for better and cheaper childcare.

I campaigned for Hillary Clinton when she was in the primaries against [Barack] Obama, actually.

I think people who aren't in film experience that when they hear their voice on an answering machine or something.

Hillary Clinton is incredibly prepared and smart on all of the issues.

I think Hillary Clinton understands the ins and outs of the White House better than anyone who's come before her.

I'm really good at mini-golf. You know, maybe not big person golf, but little person golf.

With the young generation, there are even more women than men making movies right now.

Even my life's not normal because I'm acting, right?

I honestly don't even really want to think about it [if Donald Trump wins]; I'd rather focus on how wonderful Hillary Clinton is.

I read every biography [of Jackie Kennedy] I could get my hands on.

Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.

Hillary Clinton wants to extend the Obamacare rule that healthcare companies cannot discriminate against women and charge them more than men for their healthcare. [Donald] Trump wants to get rid of Obamacare.

It's so much unwanted interest in your privacy that you don't want to invite anymore.

The best thing you can hope for, when you make a movie and you put your soul into it, is that people respond to it well.

[Donald] Trump wants to punish women for getting abortions and defund Planned Parenthood.

Even [Donald Trump] presence was bullying, was lurking, and was just mainly creepy.

I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.

But I love you I'm totally and completely in love with you and I don't care if you think it's too late. I'm telling you anyway.

I'm not really much of a genre guy. I think that audiences don't need that anymore where you just need a very specific genre. Audiences are very sophisticated, and as long as it's fun, it's okay and entertaining.

My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.

As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake.

I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking.

It's a big honour to have people be excited about a movie that you make. That's the one thing that you want.

Girls have girl/guy relationships because we are expected to be so emotional and sensitive and stuff, and sometimes you just don't feel like being that way.

Your relationship with your husband should be an important part of your private life, but publicly you should be able to define yourself.

I just stay away from the news and try and find people around me who are doing positive things and look to them.