Chuck D: I have a terrible memory for lyrics

A few interesting thoughts by Public Enemy's Chuck D, via Guardian:

Hip-hop rerouted my life. I wanted to be an artist and I came out of university highly skilled, but hip-hop music bit me in 1979 and I immediately knew where I had to take my art and my politics and my attention

I prefer the term Black to African American. You can be Charlize Theron, who’s from South Africa, and be African American. Black covers the whole gamut. Black is all over the planet

Try to do as many positive things in life as you can... You’ve got to get up and do things

I have a terrible memory for lyrics. It’s caused problems for almost 40 years