Mos Def

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

I'm trying to get low. People's personalities can get in the way of their own work.

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends.

What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.