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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
"To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that was an error, you know... part ownership in publishing was the kind of era that started a little bit later, when real businessmen started to manage artists."
"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
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"Rap records don't make you feel good no more. Six months after release, it can't come back as a classic."
"When the Fugees were big, we made a whole lot of money, and what happened was that I saved my money and never spent it."
"I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work."
"Me and my father went through a war period where we wasn't talking. He wanted me to go to theology school - I didn't want to go. I wanted to do music. I told him I was a minister through music."
"I didn't grow up to call a woman a ho. That's just how I was brought up. I won't call a girl a bitch, unless she wants me to call her a bitch."
"I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences."
"I always want to know what's wrong with you, why you ain't smiling. That's just my character; I just love people and want to see people having a good time."
"I'm like Cab Calloway: I love the entertainment, and I've loved entertaining people ever since I was little."
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