André Lauren Benjamin

“What's cooler than being cool? Ice cold!”

“You can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather.”

“The South got somethin' to say.”

“Shake it like a Polaroid picture.”

“Across cultures, there are things that are just universally beautiful and that's a big inspiration for me.”

“Lend me some sugar, I am your neighbor!”

“I've learned that I'm a classic storyteller. I love a beginning, a middle, and an end.”

“Hip-hop is a young man's game, so you have to be in the know. You have to be present.”

“I'm a performer. I'm not a shaman. It's my job.”

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”

“Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.”

“I'm always trying to find a new way to say the same thing.”

“I think the best songs are the ones that are the most honest.”

“I'm a lover of all types of music, and I think that's what makes my music a little bit different.”

“The world is a stage and everybody's got to play their part.”

“Sometimes you have to be an outsider to see what's really going on.”

“Cool is an interesting thing. When you're a kid, you think it's one thing, and then you get older, and you realize it's something else entirely.”

“Art is a process. It's not a product.”

“I feel like I'm a vessel. I'm just a courier.”