“Maybe it's because I was named for him, but I've always wanted to meet...” — Nathaniel Philbrick Quote

Maybe it's because I was named for him, but I've always wanted to meet Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's oversimplifying, but all Hawthorne's short stories and novels are, in one way or another, about guilt. Something profoundly disturbing must have happened to him at an early age. I'd like to know what that was.

To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.

You cannot underestimate the influence of Shakespeare.

I do work-related stuff on airplanes. Then, when I'm in the hotel room or just vegging out, I read for pleasure.

The golden age was when people were starting to understand what hip-hop was and how to use it. I was lucky to come up then. Everybody wanted to be original and have substance; it was somewhat conscious... There was an integrity that people respected.

I strive for perfection, but I'm not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.

In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.