“My thing is, you have to let young artists be young artists.” — Rakim Quote

“My thing is, you have to let young artists be young artists.”

“No Doubt is one of the groups that I think everybody listens to, man, and everybody loves Gwen Stefani.”

“I love Kanye for that. Being a producer, making beats, and being a rapper. He does it all.”

“One of the first country artists I got to work with was Carrie Underwood at the Grammy Awards.”

“I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary.”

“'Jelly,' more than any black musical before it, celebrated the majesty, the purity, the joy of so many artists who are unable to fully embody these same qualities in their own lives.”