Quotes from KRS-One

I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.

This is the problem with the United States: there's no leadership. A leader would say, 'Police brutality is an oxymoron. There are no brutal police. The minute you become brutal you're no longer police.' So, what, we're not dealing with police. We're dealing with a federally authorized gang.

For KRS-One, I have a specific sound - sparse drums and bass. I try to steer away from elaborate productions.

I would say my flow is Aboriginal. Look at my face, nose, lips, and eyes.

The truth is nobody was a Muslim until Public Enemy came out. Then, everybody was Muslim this and Muslim that. It's a bandwagon thing. Islam is a way of life... it's a religion. It's not just something you put on a record.

It seems like racism in the United States is overflowing.

Even with so many artists using auto-tune, there's still a growing group of artists rising up and going in the opposite direction, making music that's real and fresh. And those cats are getting back to the basics without auto-tune. And a lot of those cats are packing out venues without getting played on the radio!

I mistakably paid respect and condolences to the wrong Beastie Boy member King Ad-Rock when it should have been MCA. In light of this, I am redoing the song 'Hip Hop Speaks From Heaven' and I am pulling the original version off of my digital release. Historical accuracy is extremely important to me, so I accept all responsibility for this error.

I came from the heart of the ghetto - there ain't no suburbia in me.

I used to let the olde english 8- suds bubble in the last car of the Franklin Avenue shuttle

The courage to be yourself is the essence of hip hop

Jermaine Dupri is a b-boy, and he's dope.

Educate yourself, because this society is geared to have us hate each other. The longer we hate each other, the more we can't come together as humanity and look at the knuckleheads screwing it up for everybody.

No child is racist. A child is born, and then they go through the educational system.

Violence on the community stops when the soul matures.