If the radio ever played my music, I would sue them. And they know it, which is why they don't play my music.

The ones that sell the most aren't the ones that are remembered.

I existed before the mainstream. Why would I join them? I watched the mainstream come up, and now I'm watching it collapse. I don't want to be a part of that.

I'm hoping to make the kind of difference in my lifetime that allows me to be remembered positively.

I am a youth minister, ordained by the Riverside Church in upper New York. But to declare myself a minister and begin to preach from the pulpit, from the Bible, to a congregation and to build a church, so to speak - I don't have a desire for that.

I'm the most humble rapper in the industry.

Jermaine Dupri is a b-boy, and he's dope.

Hip hop is a human skill, and the practice of real hip hop should remind us of our humanity.

If you don't know hip-hop, at least a little bit of it, you can't even call yourself an American.

Every ghetto kid that walks the earth can see something in KRS-One that reminds him of himself.

There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.

No child is racist. A child is born, and then they go through the educational system.

I do have a desire to bring a spiritual tone to the hip-hop community, which may force me to open a facility that teaches spiritual principles through the language of hip-hop culture.

I'm not a fan of public school at all; I think it's one of the greatest catastrophes of American history.

It's always baffled me why BET looks the way it does. This is Black Entertainment Television. Why are we up there, then, looking like idiots? It's because black people are marketing black people like that.

Hate reveals itself for what it really is - evil! It cannot see clearly, so it exposes itself at every turn, and those that truly love can see it.

DMX - everything this brother spits is hot. Everything. This is the heat right here. When I stand next to MCs, this is who I wanna stand next to.

Radio has always been just disgusting.

There's no distinction. A teacher is a preacher. The teachers in public schools are preachers, and the preachers in church are teachers.

I don't even want my music on mainstream radio. They don't deserve it. They destroy careers.

I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.

It seems like racism in the United States is overflowing.

The Temple of HipHop has declared HipHop its own religion. We believe HipHop is divine. HipHop proves the existence of God.

For KRS-One, I have a specific sound - sparse drums and bass. I try to steer away from elaborate productions.

Everything God wants you to know is already written in your heart.

I don't need my fans to buy my music. My music is free, basically.

Hip Hop is an idea. It is the pursuit of one's authentic being through the arts. It is not a physical thing; it is an attitude - even an aptitude.

I don't sell millions of records. As a matter of fact, I'm not even interested in selling millions of records. I enjoy MCing. I make a decent amount of money. I can feed my kids. I keep a roof over my head. I don't have to sell a million records to maintain my lifestyle.

When you know the law, you're above the law. When you break the law, you're under the law.

Bring the arts back, and treat it with respect.

Every ten years, we get a new old school. In 1987, we thought 1977 was the best era in hip-hop. Here we are in 2007, and we're discussing '97/'98, when 50 Cent just started.

Hip-hop is not about crime. Hip-hop is not about being a gangster.

Every generation brings its own presentation of what hip-hop is to them.

Why isn't there any 50-year-old MCs killing it? I'm 46. Am I the only one? I can't wait to get to 50. I'm going to let everybody know it! I'm going to wear a shirt that says 'I'm 50.'

Rap is no longer a pastime; this is a worldwide profession.

When I was about 15 years old, I began to embark on an MC career but also to study philosophy with an emphasis on theology.

Educate yourself, because this society is geared to have us hate each other. The longer we hate each other, the more we can't come together as humanity and look at the knuckleheads screwing it up for everybody.

The single most important lesson I learned is that black people are the cause of black people's demise.

Ask any rapper or singer what artist they are an expert on. What artist are they looking to emulate, and really, what artist is the one person they are an expert on? You see, if you want any kind of longevity, if you want any kind of legacy, you need to know what ancestral line you are from.

Hate is indeed self-destructive, and this is what real Hip Hop must avoid at all cost.

Hip Hop is an extension of our very being, and so the study of Hip Hop is the study of self-expression leading to the study of one's true self.

When you know your self-worth, and you read and you ask questions and you study and you travel, you become free.

I find it fascinating how hip hop as a culture mirrors every mythology from the beginning of mythology. The concept of the single mother and child - the Madonna concept. Hip-hoppers were raised in that.

I kind of backed into rap music. I thought I was going to do comic books or graphic art.

Violence on the community stops when the soul matures.

The idea of New Zealanders sounding like Americans is not it. You got to rhyme in your language, your accent.

I think that Napster is the greatest invention since sliced bread. Napster, to me, is liberation and freedom for artists.

Many of us were raised without a father, and the subject of deadbeat dads hits home in a lot of areas. Most of all, doing a song about being a father to your daughter flies straight in the face of the argument that says hip-hop is misogynistic.

There was no hip-hop before Afrika Bambaataa.

Hip-hop is a worldwide culture. We have permeated every urban environment.