There's no doubt in my mind that 'Slam' is going to be huge. It's a film about the power of language. People are going to see this and get blown away.
I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK.
'Niggy Tardust' is the voice of a generation, a generation that does not define itself simply by what it's born into.
I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations.
Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry.
I have an acquired taste for language, yet it is seldom an actual focus of mine.
The music aids the message, it's there to punctuate and abbreviate and shape the silence.
I'm very excited about the resurgence of vinyl which seems to parallel a growing interest in live performance.
