I'm not ashamed to say I fear something. Besides me having a fear to fly, I also don't want to scare other people. When I'm on a plane, I don't want to freak out everyone else, too.

When you have life, [it's] the most graceful, amazing thing to happen.

They go'n try to stop you, they go'n try. Notice how I said true. We ain't never stopping.

All my singles went platinum-plus.All my records and videos were groundbreaking.

I didn't make the same song twice, but I definitely made the sequel to it, because everyone would come up to me in the streets saying, "Yo Khaled, make another 'I'm So Hood.' We love that record so much.

I'm building an empire. How do you know I won't be the next [Universal Music Group Chairman/CEO] Doug Morris one day? I'm doing a hell of a job, and I'm on the road to that next level.

The key to success is to keep your head above the water.