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Artists Make Art For Themselves. Art Is An Honest Expression. Artists Who Pander To Their Fans By Trying To Make Music "for" Their Fans Make Empty, Transparent Art. The True Fan Does Not Want You To Make Music For Them, They Want You To Make Music For You, Because That's The Whole Reason They Fell In Love With You In The First Place.

If You Look At My Career, Doing Albums With Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane And Lil Wayne Or Krs-one And Jean Grae, I Can't Be Pigeonholed.

We Commute To Computers Spirits Stay Mute While You Eagles Spread Rumors We Survivalists, Turned To Consumers.

I Listened To A Mind Joint, And I Wanted To Do My Own Version Of It, And What You Hear On My Mixtape Is My Take On What The Whole Cd Sounds Like.

Artists Look At The Environment, And The Best Artists Correctly Diagnose The Problem. I'm Not Saying Artists Can't Be Leaders, But That's Not The Job Of Art, To Lead. Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Harry Belafonte - There Are Artists All Through History Who Have Become Leaders, But That Was Already In Them, Nothing To Do With Their Art.