My grandmother taught me, you believe in a politician, you get out there and work for them. So, that's what I've been doing.

I feel worn down as a human being who has to constantly justify their existence to other human beings because I'm a minority

I love Dr. King, but violence might be necessary; Cause when you live on MLK and it gets very scary, You might have to pull your AK, send one to the cemetery.

What I am is an encourager. I encourage all who deserve freedom to fight for that. And if you can't win by yourself, then find other people to be in solidarity with.

Being a black rapper is like being a Southern, socialite woman: You're always worried about appearances.

I'll always push for what I believe in. That's what you're supposed to do. If you're an American, you're supposed to be part of the political process, especially if you've been denied it.

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 learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper.

I'm lucky in that in my character in hip hop is me. I'm Michael Render. My character is Killer Mike. But the truth that I sing in my raps align themselves with the policy of Bernie Sanders.

The futile and exhausting existence of a purgatory-like law enforcement system.

I don't trust the church or the government, and anything the church or the government tells me I assume to be a lie or a conspiracy, until proven true.

The discipline of delaying gratification is a factor for predicting success.

Your authority and my degeneracy are one in the same.

The strength of a patent doesn’t come from its claims, it comes from the invention

The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides never decides.

Worry is negative goal setting.

I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.

For every person that likes you there is going to be a person that doesn't like you. It's the nature of humanity.

But as we move from this period of what many Iraqis regard as perceived occupation, we need to move towards one of partnership.

Did I think I'd ever be in television shows that people would see or movies? No. But I knew that I was going to be an actor.

Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun.