People get caught up in worshipping certain rappers, or they try to demonise hip hop by looking at what certain rappers are doin' in their lives.

How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.

We also want to try and slow down all this foolishness that's going on between the East and West. We gotta understand that Hip Hop is now universal. Hip Hop is not East coast or West coast.

You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.

I'm as old as the moon and the stars, and as young as the trees and the lakes. My style comes from looking at what came before me, and from visiting a lot of places.

It ain't no joke when you lose your vinyl.

I am one of the founders of Hip-Hop along with my brothers Kool DJ Herc and Grandmaster Flash.

When you talk about rap you have to understand that rap is part of the Hip-Hop culture.

Actually freestyle really comes from 'Planet Rock'. If you listen to all the freestyle records you'll hear that they are based on 'Planet Rock'. All the Miami Bass records are based upon Planet Rock.

They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.

I knew that as a DJ from 1970 on up that I would eventually come with this sound. I brought out all these other break beats that you hear so much on a lot of these records.

We all have energy and when our energy aligns with what we are intending, we receive it.

It's so much easier to debate people when you can pretend that they hold moronic position that they don't actually believe.

Ah, now, don't get all mushy on me. We ain't dating." Butch

The more I know, the more sure I am I know so little. The eternal paradox.

I've always looked at friends as the family we choose.

How easy 'tis, when Destiny proves kind, With full-spread sails to run before the wind!

And fortunately, I haven't had any problem with my voice. I've been able to sing at a level of consistency that the people are expecting.

Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.

If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it.

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.