I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.

I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what I've said lyrically, than a million people all raising their hand on the first day.

You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach but that's going to even out in the next two or three years anyway. Computers are being bought faster than televisions right now.

It's not about what you get out but what you put into hip hop as a genre.

Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s.

Try to do your best to look people in the eye and talk to them without a gadget being in between you all the time.

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.