'When it just inspires creativity, that’s an album. That has to be Album of the Year. It has to be.'
"Come on, man. They got that shit right. … It was no politics. It was just like everybody knew when Stevie came out, sit down. That’s what we want. Just get it right, because we love it so much. That’s why there’s so much emotion around it. If we didn’t care, there wouldn’t be any emotion.
."In that moment, I was like, 'They missed the opportunity' because people emulate success. In that moment, that album,, was a moment for us to say, 'Hip-hop is viewed as a young man’s sport. Now here is this album that could take us into the next sphere.'""I feel like they missed the moment. I didn’t feel bad for myself, because I know it’s the Grammys: I probably won some joints I shouldn’t have won and I probably lost some joints I should’ve won.
"We knew that was her moment. We wanted to witness that moment and celebrate her. She made something that’s going to stand the test of time."based on what it did for the culture alone."Look what it’s done to the culture. Look how the energy of the world moved. They play her whole album in the club. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that. The whole entire joint — like, everything?! Every remix is amazing. Everyone’s inspired. It has inspired the world.