When I'm writing, I'm thinking about how the songs are going to play live. Fifty bars of rap don't translate onstage. No matter how potent the music, you lose the crowd. They want a hook; they want to sing your stuff back to you.

People around you should really have nothin' to say. Me, I'm just proud of the fact that you've done it your way.

Wayne is my favorite person to work with though, because ooohh, oohh, Lil Wayne is just too good, he's just too good.

Seven days without love makes one weak.

She make me beg for it until she give it up

She think I'm the realest out and I say 'damn that makes 2 of us'.

Each day I'm thankful for nights that turned into mornings, friends that turned into family, dreams that turned into reality, and like that turned into love.