Diet food is for lazy people.

You can't come out on a record dissing the system and be on a label that's connected to the system.

I didn't start off with the responsibility because I didn't think anybody would care. But as you do meet these people influenced by your music, then you start to understand you have a responsibility. I don't think you initially know it until you feel the power of what you're really doing.

People think I'll kill you if you make a joke. I compare it to Clint Eastwood. I've only seen Clint Eastwood in movies. You think if you make a joke to Eastwood, he might shoot you.

...As an artist, you need the naysayers and the nonbelievers to add fuel to your creative fire.

When the President (of the United States) mentions your name in anger, you know the sh*t has hit the fan!

Hip-hop is the fountain of youth. You just don't grow up if you were there. My son's 20. I'm on the same channel he's on. We wear the same clothes, we feel the same thing. It's a weird, weird generation we're in right now.