Basically I have, like, five really close friends - girls and guys. I like being friends with both because you can do different things with both.
Every piece of music is not for everybody.
We need to do stuff we've always done, even though you might not like it.
If you see yourself reflected in art, you feel validated.
Nas' Illmatic blew my mind when I first heard it. The poetry was done on such a high level that in a way, it validated our existence, our culture. He used the language of the street at the time and made it art. Art tends to be validating.
The things Nas' Illmatic was saying were sometimes hard realities but it was done on such a high level, I felt I could point to him as a representative. Someone who put my struggle and my worldview into poetry.
All the songs are pieces to the puzzle. They each represent something different. So it's really difficult to say one song represents the album.
I hope I don't sound like an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud, but when I hear about people making vast fortunes without doing any productive work or contributing anything to society, my reaction is: “How can I get in on that?
An icon painter starts not with Jesus Christ but by finding earth and rubbing. Now what is earth, what are you rubbing in directing?
Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.
Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.