When I was growing up in New York, we were the anomaly. Our family stayed, but back then families didn't stay. Once… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives. — Mike D Copy Share Image
New York isn't segregated the way many American cities are, where there are specific ethnic neighborhoods that don't necessarily co-exist, or they… — Mike D Copy Share Image
We're downtown New Yorkers and had very close proximity to the events of September 11th. Like everybody on the island of Manhattan,… — Mike D Copy Share Image
For me, growing up in New York, it started with Elvis Costello and the Clash and then got into louder things like… — Mike D Copy Share Image
If it's genuinely new, when people are hearing it, they're not really gonna be comfortable because they haven't heard it a thousand… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Arrogance generally is a bad thing, but with a band, somehow you have to have this gang mentality or this certain degree… — Mike D Copy Share Image
What a lot of the world missed was just how caring New York became post-9/11. — Mike D Copy Share Image
When you get to a point where you're not beholden to a record company, then it's up to you to say, 'OK, enough knob-turning.… — Mike D Copy Share Image
We're kind of doing what Bob McAllister did with 'Wonderama,' which is making people realize that kids are people, too. — Mike D Copy Share Image
When Yauch died, it was really like losing my older brother. I mean, I have biological older brothers, but growing up, Adam really was… — Mike D Copy Share Image
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… — Mike D Copy Share Image
Growing up in New York City and hip-hop are two inseparable things, two things that are totally intertwined in our lives. — Mike D Copy Share Image
I guess when time came to make 'To The 5 Boroughs,' we had something important to say. — Mike D Copy Share Image
I don't think about Yauch in the form of his death. I think about him in the form of his life. He was like… — Mike D Copy Share Image
What was interesting about grunge was that it was this death sentence to the rock that had preceded it, which was hair metal. — Mike D Copy Share Image
What would've been the downside of holding bin Laden accountable by our own values of justice by which our country is based on? — Mike D Copy Share Image
