When I make records I have full control of everything and I know how it sounds before it comes out, with films it's outta my hands.

Diet food is for lazy people.

I never know if the person I'm shaking hands with is coming to kill me. That's something you have to live with when you cross the lines.

I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.

I think when people say 'real hip-hop,' they want it more buried in the streets. They want it more connected to the streets and the grime and the roughness of the streets. They don't want the fluff.

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

Rap is rock 'n' roll. Rock is when you push the buttons in the system; when you say, I'm not going along with what you're saying. That's rock, whether it's done with guitars, or it's done with just beats.