Black Thought

I'm not driven by the spotlight and I'm not that outgoing. ”

In a lot of places Jay-Z is considered God, Philly, our hometown being one of them. ”

I definitely enjoy performing on stage with The Roots. ”

I was raised as a Muslim. ”

I mean, I'm no superhero. ”

I think at the end of the day the diversity has served as a major… that's what has determined the difference between The Roots and some of the other artists from our graduating class. I feel we followed the De La Soul, the Native Tongue blueprint." ”

I love Trader Joe's. ”

Anyone that I've ever worked with, it's not like I just meet you or someone throws us together for the sole purpose of coming up with a song that's gonna be a hit. I have to have some sort of relationship, or we had to have interacted on some other sort of level and that's when it feels most natural. ”

I don't know that Dilla was the father of neo-soul as much as he was highly influential in that time when he was doing what he was doing at his best… Dilla's influence transcended genre and it transcended region. ”

I'll read a book. I'll watch a documentary or a film or whatever. I'll go to an art exhibit and just try and open myself to influence. ”