I don't have any exteriors that would actually put me into some kind of different air that would actually intimidate somebody to stay away from me.

There's nothing worse than a good video and good song, and you see a band and hate them because they can't perform. That's wack.

I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.

The minute I get swelled up about something, something has always brought me back down to earth.

You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.

I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth that's just as good. It's just that everything out of the U.S. proclaims to be the best, especially L.A. and New York, being that they're the nerve centers and media capitals of the most predominantly media-emitting country in the world.

A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually visiting the people in real life. It became a business model. It became a revenue engine that, you know, you can get to the hood without ever going there.