For me, growing up in New York, it started with Elvis Costello and the Clash and then got into louder things like Bad Brains and Stimulators, because those were, like, the local bands. Then I started getting into bands from England like the Slits. I remember seeing Gang of Four at Irving Plaza; that was a really big show for me.

Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives.

When Yauch died, it was really like losing my older brother. I mean, I have biological older brothers, but growing up, Adam really was my older brother.

When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once you had a second kid, you immediately left, so the kids could run around outside.

My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.

Time turns the old days to derision, Our loves into corpses or wives; And marriage and death and division Make barren our lives.

I've been in relationships where we've said 'I love you' after two weeks.

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship than a good marriage.