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" I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money. "

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" I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle. "

" When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive. "

" Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their own neighborhoods - the sum is bigger than the parts, and the parts will grow. "

" I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States. "

" Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them. "

" People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white. "

" I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy. "

" Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. "

" I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality. "

" My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly. "

" I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from. "

" The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it. "

" Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet. "

" I spread the message of hope and of unity. That's what gets me up in the morning. I can tell you what is wrong, but I can't tell you how to fix it. I'm a raptivist, not a politician. I deal in hope. "

" I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40 percent of your local artists; don't suck up to major labels to the point where you neglect your own locale. "

" Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with some real people. "

" My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being. "

" What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records. "

" People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection. "

" You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now. "

" I think governments are the cancer of civilization. "

" 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. "

" I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they record for. "

" A lot of times black folks look for love in all the wrong places. You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much. "

" There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.' "

" Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives. "

" I grew up as a sports fan, and I know that a hall of fame is very different than an award for being the best of the year. It's a nod to the longevity of our accomplishment. "

" You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it. "

" Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party. "