Chuck d

Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound.

I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.

I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle.

I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.

My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from.

People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups of all time because they were white.

I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.