People are always coming up to me, thinking I've got some magic wand that can make them a star and I want to tell them that no one can do that. Making hit records is not that easy. But it took me time to realize that myself.

It's always weird when people approach me to make an investment. I tell them, 'I don't need any more money. I'm good.' Then I wait for their expression. That part is entertaining, because people look at you like you're crazy when you say you don't need any more money. Who says that?

My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.

If you work at rap and look at it as an art, the money will come. But if you try to get the money, it'll just always be shallow.

And even when I was close to defeat, I rose to my feet.

Name a sexual disease, she got it like Sam Goody.

It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.