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.

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.

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.

I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.

You can only love something that refuses to be mastered.

Why does it hurt so much? Why does it have to hurt?

Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought.

I always wanted to be an actor, but my top three favorite actors of all time are Al Pacino, James Dean and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament.

And I'd watch George C. Scott from backstage. He was one of my mentors.

The carnal contact side by side, from heel to armpit, brings shudders that shake up nature like the flights of nocturnal birds.

Having my poems set to music by Eric Moe has completely knocked my socks off.

All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it's a sign of security.

Shouldn't the commandments be re-written? No, they should be re-read!