“I don't believe in writer's block. I'll get stuck, but being stuck, I'...” — Rakim Quote

I don't believe in writer's block. I'll get stuck, but being stuck, I'll still write a verse. If you know where you're going, you can always start from there and work your way back.

I always say a rapper is like a halfback in the NFL. You got about seven years, then it's a wrap.

In New York, they kind of rode with me from day one: they understand who I am.

You grow, you mature, you live, and you learn. You get a little wiser, and you learn better ways to handle things.

As I grew up, a lot of the music was made to uplift the spirit.

In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

One thing about this league is if you're not going to block for the quarterback, then they don't care who you are, you'e not going to be in the backfield.

This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved and get stuck in, get the proper information about what's going on has really helped.

The creative process requires a period of boredom, of being stuck. That's actually a very uncomfortable period that a lot of people mistake for writer's block, but it's actually just part one of a long process.

No matter what the general public says. When it's something you want, you have to block out that noise and negativity and just go for it.