I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

I might tell a story about somebody else, but I don't sit there and do a story about somebody snitching on me selling coke because people know I didn't sell coke. So I just try to keep it real but still try to do it in a creative way.

I'll step in an airport just now, and people will recognize me. I'm in Harlem on 144th and whatever, and people are coming up to me like, "What's up, Chamillionaire?" And seeing it grow is, nothing turning into something, that feeling is a really good feeling.

There are certain fans who want me to rap about the same exact thing, but it's time to grow up.

The streets and the industry are two different things. You could be one super-hot artist in the streets, and you could walk into a corporate building, and people would be like, "Who are you?"

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

If nobody wants to buy your album, who's going to buy your clothes?