“I've got a philosophy I call 'no dancing in the end zone.' You score, ...” — No I.D. Quote

I've got a philosophy I call 'no dancing in the end zone.' You score, get back, and run another play.

Common and I have a long history of making great music together.

Part of my growth as a producer was not just about making beats but also helping in the process of inspiring the song and making the song the center.

Don't ever judge anybody. You don't know who anybody is, period... You gotta humble yourself. Just because you are where you are, it doesn't mean you aren't talking to someone great.

A lot of my favorite artists didn't sell much out the gate. I didn't with Common at first. Neither did first albums from Outkast, Nas, or Jay Z. It doesn't scare me.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

I feel, in the end, as if everything I've done has been a failure.

You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

But in the end, music is ultimately an aural art, pure and simple.