Quotes by Q-Tip

“How am I gonna be conscious?”

“[Jay-Z, 29, is accused of attacking Lance] Un ... more than once in the back with a knife.”

“We do it for the love yall!”

“Im pretty sure that Dick Cheney went down there on dual duty, as vice president and chairman of Halliburton, ... I dont want to see another Pilgrims/Indians situation. ... We have to do everything we can as a hip-hop nation to secure that land.”

I definitely move to the beat of my own drummer and man, hes not playing something anyone has heard before. Its pretty cool, though. Pretty cool.

I read the Koran and it appealed to me. At the time I was agnostic and it really breathed spiritually back into me. For me its really a cushion; its cool, Im cool with it.

In theory, people would pick progression every time over being idle. But if you look at us as a culture, as a people, you would say that if you get up at five oclock in the morning, eat your breakfast, go to work, make money, pay your bills, youre progressing, when youre still doing whats comfortable.

I feel like Obama in a way. His idea that hope means not shrinking from a fight its the courage to reach for something. My music is that. Those are principles I try to embody.

I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.

Predating the Internet and predating videos, you had an active imagination. You would hear sounds and then get mental pictures of what these sounds felt like to you. It engaged you and made you more invested in it. It made you want to get tickets to the show, buy the album, put the poster on the wall. Now its sensory overload.