I don't sing melodically. Rhyme pattern is how I sing. I also write like a lyricist or an MC because that's what I was before I was a singer. I just took those elements and put them into music.

I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear.

I'm a recovering undercover over-lover.

I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog.

I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.

Because you're responsible for [children]. You are there to protect them, not possess them. I tell them, "Watch me and you might learn something."

When I get ready to do an album, that means I have something to say for the sake of words, and I listen back to all of the things I've been creating and pull things from out of the air to go with them. It's almost like I start creating the album before I even think about creating it.