As long as you're giving up quality records and you're makin' hit records, people are always gonna want to hear a hit and they'll always want to be attached to something that's doin' great.

I'm a polygamist. I can afford to have as many wives as I can afford to have. All Africans believe in it. My dad has four wives.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can't stick to one thing - I've got to move around.

I love to just go to the movies, watch movies, listen to the scores and all that 'cause that's, like, the next step for me.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I've always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

When I first heard hip-hop I thought it was rubbish because I didn't understand the concept of people talking over music.

I always felt like if you get to a point where you've got enough money to invest in something real, you gotta invest in anything that's related to a natural resource because that's gonna be here forever - so you might as well invest in something that's gonna be here, rather than invest in something that's gonna wear out.