I appreciate this moment in time...ball players and actors be knowing my rhymes

I started getting more in tune with who I am by doing roles or even just being in a class and being around people.

Man, I feel like hip-hop is - first of all, not even only with just GOOD Music, I gotta say - I think hip-hop is still alive in a strong way, man. I feel really enthused about hip-hop.

Whether the people in Haiti, the young kids in Chicago that [are] going through violence, or whether you're in Atlanta or L.A. or Europe - it's not even color barriers for me - I go to where I know there's a lot of turmoil and pain.

Not everyone is the same. You can't label a person just because of what they do or what they've done.

The way [Barack Obama] danced, it looked like he could dance in a circle with anyone from Chris Brown to ... well, I don't want to say Michael Jackson, because he's like the king.

I bathe in basslines, rinse in riffs, dry in drums