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"I think I will always have a connection to young people, to try to bring their voices to the polls, bring their voices wherever they can make a difference. Even to protect their own interests or the interests of the planet or the animals or other individuals, which is critical. I try to keep it."
"There's one overriding issue, namely, that we live in a police state so long as the police get to police themselves. And that is why cops go unindicted."
"The best way to protect both the policemen and the community going forward is by creating a system that's just, where everyone feels safe."
"I just try to, in my own way, contribute to making a better Hollywood, to move Hollywood to be a leader in social justice, as it always has been, and not to have any holes in their own backyard while they continue to push for equality and all the things that they always stand up for."
"I ask everyone - white Hollywood and black Hollywood - to get outside of your comfort zone and make friends. That's where they're going to learn from each other, and that's where they're going to make better movies and make Hollywood a better place."
"The reason I got a break in Hollywood when I moved here a few years ago is my good buddy, who I was on the beach with when he was a publicist, is now the chairman of HBO."
"Culture in America and everywhere else comes from the suffering, from those who don't want the old ways. They want to bring in the new, whether it's the ballet, when it started, or Shakespeare."
"I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this dharma, this service is part of my job."
"The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?"
"I live in hip-hop. I don't find it to be offensive."
"There are so many urban pop ideas that are underserved, and I think Hollywood doesn't see us and misses the opportunity to integrate."
"The politicians already in office don't want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins."
"Young people, when they're left alone, always want to have compassion, and they always want to give. They always want to help people who are less fortunate."
"I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans."
"Nowhere in the Bible, Koran, or Torah does it say, "If you curse, then you're going to hell." But everywhere it says that if you kill, you're going to wherever they send you, depending on the religion."
"Being materialistic is part of the hip-hop community's nature, because jazz and blues and rock 'n' roll, when they started out in the urban communities, were about the American Dream, and the lack of opportunity in that structure. So they talked about everything - uplifting and getting what is perceived as success in America."
"A poet or a comedian can say what's on the mind of people. They should be funny. They should make you laugh. It may be so truthful that it hurts, but it makes you laugh."
"Hip-hop is about tearing down the system to better it, tearing down the system to better themselves. No matter how flimsy it might seem, they always wanted the finer things in life."
"I'm still moving around.We're building a platform to put a song out every week for 52 weeks called ADD52."
"I want to do and I'm giving all the profits to charity, is to teach people to meditate. All it takes is a little bit of patience."