"Don't tell me what was said about me. Tell me why they were so comfortable to say it to you."
"But this is one of the things that makes rap at its best so human. It doesn't force you to pretend to be only one thing or another, to be a saint or a sinner. It recognizes that you can be true to yourself and still have unexpected dimensions and opposing ideas. Having a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other is the most common thing in the world. The real bullshit is when you act like you don't have contradictions inside you, that you're so dull and unimaginative that your mind never changes or wanders into strange, unexpected places."
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Source: Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 11, 2010.
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