There's a need for pop. There's a need for radio. There's also a need to understand the brilliance and the depth of jazz and soul - and what hip-hop can be at its most brilliant and what hip-hop can be… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
You have to understand the vehicle, the form that allows you to do what you do, and why that is. — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Once I slapped a rapper with mace, Then I spit acid in his face, after he rinsed his eyes, no wait... I actually grew… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
It's like I'm married to the silencer, Until I file for divorce and release my ex-calibers. Do art with your arteries, place that for… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Radio makes it appear like you can get some sounds in a laptop and be the next dude. Those careers don't really last. — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Having the savvy to know what you want to say, how you want to say it, and what music you want to say it… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
There are situations where I'm uncomfortable saying, "I'm a hip-hop artist." In some circles, the response is like, "Oh, OK, so... you have whores… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
My mic is a Magnum. See me and this chick, we go back like Cro-Magnon. Man...we did it in the back of your Magnum;… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Couldn't you see me and you stretched out in a bikini on the beach in Tahiti? See, me, I'm very selective even though I… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Love and hate, black and white, Right or wrong, who is right? Some smoke joints to anoint their brain To the vanishing point...so they… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
I mostly write to music, even though I know I sound free-form a lot. Then there are times when I'll have a concept and… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Man, I would demand that artist come to the table with better variety. I would demand that musicians know music history, not just Hip-Hop,… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Truth had me up against the ropes And semi-conscious without no boxing skills. — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
