As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats.

I didn't know at the time that the energy that I was giving off was like a battle Emcee.

In Manhattan, and its true on some level till this day; its a whole different mentality from the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, which I didn't know at the time - because you basically just know your neighborhood.

As far as Hip Hop Manhattan was after the Bronx.

We heard later through the grapevine that we were being compared to the Furious 5, and because of that we were getting feedback that they were saying that we werent all that, that we were copying them... blah blah blah.

I remember when it was just the three Emcees and then Flash put Mr Ness down.

Thats why my biggest problems were with LL and Run.

Some of the free lunch programs were still goin' on - based on the last leg of the Black Panther Party.

I can appreciate that on one side, but we have to remember that the system is designed corruptly, and works against us, so you cant convict those who can benefit from the system, because its not neccesarily their fault.

My perspective is a lil different 'cus im from Manhattan .

I was always talking about what I could and would do, and you would always make rhymes about the competion even though we werent thinking about competition.

Getting high off life is more than enough and peer pressure aint peer pressure when a boy is tough.

In the street, your mouth's a beak, big like a bird, and your future's bleak.

It sounds weird when you complain about having to eat so much, but it's like a job.

We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.

I have nothing to do with counting the votes.

I've been on 'Hollyoaks' since I was 15, and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment.

A friend in need is a friend indeed

It's hard sometimes to capture magic when it comes to live records.

I'm a big 'Star Trek' fan.

We are a nation in which freedom is alive in the squares and streets, in the daily work of the communications media, in the open relationship between the governing and the governed.

Do something real, and keep it simple.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.

You have to make a choice when you start to sing and decide whether you want to service the music, and be at the top of your art, or if you want to be a very popular tenor.

I'm not one who divides music, dance or art into various categories. Either something works, or it doesn't.

It is a painful reminder that even the most well-intentioned among us sometimes act in ways that put children in danger of being abused or neglected.

You do, mostly, in track, different sessions, sprinting and medium sessions in different style. You have to see that even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and you can still power the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

A meek spirit gives no trouble willingly to any: A quiet spirit bears all wrongs without being troubled.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

I love you for a great many reasons and despite a great many others.

I hate to say it to the kids out there but I just kind of blew off everything and made snowboarding the number one priority in my life.

The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.

It drives me absolutely crazy when my kids fight - the sound of them fighting and not getting along.

I would love to work with Jack White or Kanye West.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

As an actor... at some point you've got to forget that the crew's there in order to do your job.