Once your motivation is killed, it's kind of hard to revive it and bring it back to life.

I always loved music and I always loved to perform, and that's my favorite part, to perform; my favorite part is not the studio, I can't stand the studio.

I've always been like nah, I'm going to have it my way, that way, when I look out that window at the end of the day, I can say I did it my way, whether it's on a higher level, or a level where I can just maintain, I can still say I did it my way.

I think the legacy that I'll leave is just a great entertainer, and that's what I want to be remembered as, a great entertainer.

One reason is because I was not being recognized the way I thought I should be recognized, so I stopped putting so much into what I was doing 'cause I was like 'Oh they don't care about it anyway...'

I was trying to find my way into the music business still, but I didn't want to portray something that I wasn't. I really wanted to be just me.

It's probably easier for rappers as far as a respect level. 'Cause with singers, the powers that be tend to feel that we're stupid.