I like it when people talk s**t. Because if people weren't talking s**t, there would be nothing for me to come back with. I need that. If I don't have any ammo, what am I going to say?

I'm hatin' my reflection, I walk around the house tryin' to fight mirrors, I can't stand what I look like

They say music can alter moods and talk to you.

Don't let them tell you ain't beautiful

All my life I've been dealing with my race because of where I grew up [Detroit] and being in the rap game. I'm at a boiling point...Anybody who pulls the race card is getting it right back in their face.

I would love it if, even for one day, you could walk through a neighborhood and see an Asian guy sitting on his stoop, then you look across the street and see a black guy and a white guy sitting on their porches, and a Mexican dude walking by.

Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion.