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

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

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

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" One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't like that hip hop is full of infantile 35-year-olds. Hip hop cannot afford to be lazy. "

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

" Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there. "

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" Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake. "

" The immediacy of the technology of the web allows us, as songwriters, to write something very sharp and quick. That has a lot to do with helping a songwriter be more reflective of reality, instead of being in an area where you have to process things. It's the difference between processing fish and catching it in a boat. "

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" 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.' "

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

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" 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. "