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" Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Let's not forget, art can sell. You ain't gotta front all the time on your records. "

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

" I definitely have plans to do more collaboration albums in the future. I'm a big fan of Common. I'm a big fan of Scarface; I'm a big fan of so many people, from Jeezy to... well, there are a lot of people's music that I respect. I don't know who I will collaborate with, but there's a great chance of something happening. "

" I'll always love rap, no matter what's going on. "

" With age comes common sense and wisdom. "

" I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through. "

" I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up. "

" The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me. "

" Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career. "

" I can't control what people think. They know who I am. "

" I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing. "

" I wish the music business was a much easier thing, but you know what? Nothing easy is worth anything. So it is what it is. There comes a time when things can work out and everybody can be happy. And that's what it's all about in the end - everybody being happy and working it out. "

" Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me. "

" You can't please everybody. You'd be crazy if you're trying to. So take some time out to do some things for yourself. "

" When you're a teenager, you want to meet a lot of girls - you want to get the most girls. You don't know anything about respect; you don't know anything about being faithful and loyal to your girlfriend. "

" 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. "

" Some people say I'm conscious, some say I'm a gangsta rapper - it's just me doing me. I'm stomping in my own lane. I'm doing what I do. "

" 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. "

" 'Stillmatic' is the rebirth of 'Illmatic,' my first debut album to come out in 1994. 'Stillmatic' is me coming full circle in my career and with everything, and just bringing pure hip-hop back. "

" There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it. "

" 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. "

" Hip-hop is bigger than the South; hip-hop is bigger than New York. "

" When you have a daughter, you want to protect her from the things that I've seen out there, you know, the things that's out there that ain't good for her. It's a crazy world we live in. "

" 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. "

" I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something to say. We're warriors. Soldiers. "

" Hip-hop is really standoffish. It's really competitive and it's really about who's number one all the time. Sometimes it gets out of hand. "