Money definitely changes your lifestyle. But the things you go through makes who you are. Your experiences, they travel with you.

I was born alone and I will die alone. I've got to do what's right for me and not live my life the way anybody else wants it.

When I nearly died it made me think – this can happen again any second. I better hurry and do what I want. I started to live like I never lived before. When the fear of death is gone, then nothing can bother you and nobody can stop you.

I don't necessarily view death as something negative. Death gives meaning to life. Living in fear of death is living in denial. Actually, it's not really living at all, because there is no life without death. It's two sides of the one. You can't pick up one side and say, I'm just going to use the 'heads' side. No. It doesn't work like that. You have to pick up both sides because nothing is promised to anyone in this world besides death.

When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you're listening to a record and it's really hot, then you'll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it.

Actions may make you appear to be someone else, when people actually find out what you're doing.

If you consider yourself a part of the culture, then finances can't allow you to be bigger than the actual art form.