A lot of people think that you easily get roles because you do music. I mean, you could knock on the door faster than anybody, but it doesn't necessarily get you in.

When the OutKast sound changed and I started producing my own records, I would mirror what I thought that character doing that music would look like. As the sound got a little wilder, freakier and funkier, so did the clothes. Then when the sound got more sophisticated, the clothes changed again.

As a rapper, I don't freestyle. I used to freestyle when I used to get drunk, and it didn't matter.

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

I don't mind opinions, because you like something or you don't like something, but to say things about your personal life? I'm like, "Man, let me quit reading this. 'Cause I'll stab everybody."

To be honest, I don't necessarily think you have to be an actor to act. You don't have to be a musician to make great music. If it comes along and you put your all into it, the outcome is what's important.

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.