With rap music, there are billions and billions of samples that are uncleared that people have never been bothered about on an underground level.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

KRS-One is one of my favorite rappers ever. I actually don't even know why I have this on my computer, but I do. I really like this album, Criminal Minded.

The traditional DJ world isn't a world that I come from.

I want to make new and interesting music out of pop music in a way that isn't ironic. I want to stay sincere to the source material but at the same time manipulate it and take it to a new world.

The point has always been to make music, it's not like I've always been running a giant money making scheme.

The music is in no way politically based - I'm not trying to make a point about sampling. It may bring up issues but I'm not trying to push it on anyone.

I still like weird music but there's such an overabundance that it's hard for me to stay enthusiastic about it.

I'm just making fun music so you can let your guard down and enjoy it, don't worry about what's cool and what's not.

I think some people form the traditional DJ worlds misunderstand where I'm coming form.

I guess in a way I try to avoid being labeled as a traditional DJ.

Doubt is like a thorn you can't get a hold on.

If you want to be a genius, it's easy: All you gotta say is, 'Everything stinks.' Then, you're never wrong.

To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly.

Friendship is a difficult, dangerous job. It is also (though we rarely admit it) extremely exhausting.

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush.

I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to say something about home.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Can such stiff and formal moldings as words capture the spirit-essence of love?

The photos that interest me most, I can't say why I took them. I think my gift is that I still work with a certain amount of unconsciousness.

The success of a leader will rise or fall on the decisions that he or she makes about the people around him or her.