If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.

It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining [by the major labels]. Some people get into this music to make a killing but music is a way to make a living.

People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection.

Music should be some kind of nourishment.

I know I am judged unfairly by my physical characteristics and ostracized because of that so I say, "Yes, I'm a black man."

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.

My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid.