You look in the mirror everyday and you see the same thing. As an entertainer, you wanna see something new.

I think it's real important to show style now. The majority of style right now is to act like you don't have style at all, so most companies are getting rich off clothes that look torn, clothes that look worn.

I don't freestyle, but when I'm writing and thinking, sometimes things pop up - that's basically a freestyle.

With music, you can portray a certain thing, but in film, sometimes you have to let yourself go to a point where that can be attractive to a person, that you're willing to let yourself go that much. It works both ways.

I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you.

It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you.

The rap game has to save itself. Everybody's saving it. People like Lil Wayne is saving it. He's bringing energy to it.