I love doing things that are titillating. I think race can be very funny, and I think I'm very comfortable discussing it and bringing it up.

Right now I'm taking a break from hip-hop documentaries. But I would do it if things lined up.

A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.

Only a genius can play a fool.

I had a boom box, but I didn't go too far with it because I had a really, really big one. It was like the size of a suitcase, and I was just a little kid.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

When I was a kid, my first favorite song was probably Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."

My freestyling ability is nonexistent. I can't even write a verse if I tried to sit anywhere and write one. Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Being a good rapper is hard to do. I'm a good Rapaport, but that's about it.

Call it stubborn, call it ignorant, call it what you want, but I don't think I have to join a particular faith or culture or creed or religion just to fit in.

Positive doesn't mean unflawed: It means human and vulnerable. If you make a film and you're portraying the subject with respect, you're gonna do it in an honest way.

Wisdom must yield to superstition's rules, Who arms with bigot zeal the hand of fools.

The desire for high status is never stronger than in situations where "ordinary" life fails to answer a median need for dignity and comfort.

You don't have to close your eyes or even look up to find an answer you just have to want an answer to come, and then ask.

I am a man of peace God knows how I love peace but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.

No, I'm not a comic book guy. I'm pretty fascinated with the subculture though and I do think that the world of comic books is such a natural transition into film.

For the black man there is only one destiny. And it is white.

A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

You look great," he said. It made her smile, even if it was a lie. "I'm as big as a house." He laughed. "I like houses. In fact, I'm thinking about architecture as a career.

I will give them nightmares to haunt their dreams long after I'm gone.

I'd rather have ten people that want God than 10,000 people who want to play church.