Quotes by Q-Tip

Rock and roll to the beat of the funk fuzzWipe your feet really good on the rhythm rugIf you feel the urge to freak, do the jitterbugCome and spread your arms if you really need a hug.

We got to stay awake for all these lizards and snakes;Some of them come as friends, some of them come as Jakes.

The world is kinda cold and the rhythm is my blanketWrap yourself up in it, if you love it, then you'll thank it.

I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.

The thing that men and women need to do is stick togetherProgressions can't be made if we're separate forever

For me with art and all that stuff - I like abstraction. I like contortion. I mean, it's still truth. But it's truth through the center of the individual. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's fallacies or falsehoods. It just happens to be one perception of what's happening.

know the feelin, when you feelin like a villain,You be havin good thoughts but the evils be revealin'.And the stresses of life can take you off the right path,Jealousy and envy tends to infiltrate your staff...We gotta hold it down so we can move on pastAll adversities, so we can get through fast.

And even though we both flyGive each other space and not the evil eye

Shorty, let me tell you about my only vice:It has to do with lots of lovin', and it ain't nuttin' nice.

Genetics and beats? I feel like the drumbeat is a natural thing. Our heartbeat moves at a certain BPM. The drumbeat, being the first instrument, the platform for us, being that we all kind of come from that - it's all beats.

All we want in this life is peace, prosperity and a little paper...

We all have our own takes on things. To being yourself. The abstract, the whole thing that I play with, seems to result in seeing through your lenses, and once you express how you see things to others, you start to see there are similarities between all people. It's kind of like, no matter how far you go, you're still where you started, in a way.

One thing the music industry has taught me is to manage my expectations.

I'll have you weak in the knees that you could hardly speak,Or we could do like Uncle L and swing an ep in my Jeep.

You can tell how good a filmmaker is if you can turn the sound down but you can still feel the story.

I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.

There's divinity within because we come from the divine,A force that's not seen, but you feel it every time:When the wind blows, and the world turns,And the rain drops, and the baby cries,And the bird flies, and the ground quake,And the stars gleam.

How far must you go to gain respect? Um...Well, it's kind of simple: just remain your own.Or you'll be crazy sad and alone.

I am recognizing that the voice inside my headIs urging me to be myself, but never follow someone elseBecause opinions are like voices, we all have a different kind.

I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. He's a master at interpretation of song.

We got to mediate our greedy levels,Cause the lust of currency can have us sleepin with the devil.

Satisfaction, I have the right tactics... And if you need em I got crazy prophylactics.