Let The Music Diffuse All The Tension.

When I Made Illmatic, I Was Trying To Make The Perfect Album. It Comes From The Days Of Wild Style. I Was Trying To Make You Experience My Life. I Wanted You To Look At Hip-hop Differently. I Wanted You To Feel That Hip-hop Was Changing And Becoming Something More Real.

My Skin Is An Art Gallery Right, With Paintings And Crucifixes Hoping To Save Me From All The Dangers In The Music Business

I'm Inspired By People Like Nelson Mandela. Can You Imagine - You Know How Racist America Was Back Then - Imagine How Racism Was In South Africa When He Had To Stand Up And Say What He Had To Say. That's Bravery Beyond Comprehension.

Anything That's Really Good, Everybody Wants To Put Their Hands On. The Multimedia Puts Their Hands On It And Everything Happens That Makes It Global. Then People Forget The Roots Of It And People Forget Why They Care About It, And Then It Gets Torn Apart And Turns So Commercial That You Don't Even Know What The Essence Of This Art Form Is Even About.

The Hardest Thing Is To Forgive, But God Does, Even If You Murdered Or Robbed, Ya It's Wrong, But God Loves, Take One Step Toward Him He'll Take Two Toward You, Even When All Else Fails, God'll Support You