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.

When you're playing this bad of a character, it's obviously not reality for someone who's not living that life.

Life wastes nothing. Over and over again every molecule that has ever been is gathered up by the hand of life to be reshaped into yet another form.p 259

In WASP families, if you don't get along with someone, you have as little to do with them as possible. In Jewish families, you move next door, to make them as miserable as possible.

The truth never hurts worse than finding out someone you care about lied to you.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

If you take donations from Wall Street, you can't be independent.

There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there. It’s up to you to find them.

If you want to give a man something practical, consider tires. More than once, I would have gladly traded all the gifts I got for a new set of tires.

Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.

Music can change the world.

Each time a dancer moves devoutly or a composer faithfully searches the silence for the veiled melodies, eternity is engaged.