As far as I remember, there was no actual lyric written to that.At the very beginning of "Fiddler on the Roof," there's a violin solo, an unaccompanied violin solo.

When you collaborate, you have to be willing to scrap a lot.

Love was not something that people married for generally in those days. They married for security. They married for economic reasons, you know, companionship - but not love.

I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious.

the strength of open, unregulated information-sharing platforms is their responsiveness, not their insight or depth

A cool & diversified version of a mix tape. The BreakBeat Poets is a thorough and complete summation of Golden Era writers who continue to build the scene of literary and performance poetry.

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

A man who is not accountable to anyone is a danger to himself

This is jazz, this is funk, this is soul, this is gospel This is sanctified sick, this is player Pentecostal. This is church front pew, Amen, pulpit, What my people need and the opposite of bullshit.

I stayed away from drugs, I never smoked a pipe. When I wanna get high, I smoke the mic. I never did white lines, I only write lines, and I ain't sniffin' nothing but the vapors from hype rhymes.

Either we stay at home and become pillars of the community or we go out and tour. We couldn't really find any communities that still needed pillars.

Our courage comes from the courage of others.