Hip-hop was created out of necessity. We needed to create some digitized things to help us understand what we were feeling.

No one chooses to raise children alone.

I imagine that when I am creating a song or a project or an album or putting some clothing together or cooking a meal, whatever it is, I don't really have a recipe. The fun part is to throw that big piece of clay in the middle of the table as hard as I can, and whatever shape it takes, that's what shape it takes, and then I start to carve away.

I don't require sex for happiness - I need companionship. I need a partner I can depend on, that I can love and grow with.

I could do a few more sit-ups and my waistline would be less difficult.

I was born to make mistakes, I ain't scared to take the weight.

I don't know... I've been doing it for 17 years now, so of course I've seen pictures and thought, "Oh my god, I wish I would've never worn that." Yeah, but I did! And it was probably because it was my favorite thing at the time - my clothes always have some kind of emotion attached to them.