You can't do an impersonation of somebody nobody knows.

Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.

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.

I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'. If I say it, I gotta be able to back it up.

I'm just disillusioned with the hip-hop sound right now. It's too materialistic. You know, I'm the kind of guy ... I can't do that. If you track my movement, you'll never see a picture of me with any girl that wasn't mine, or my own car. My jewelry, my clothes. What kind of gangsta rapper has a stylist? A stylist?!

Who can protect themselves from betrayal? The day your brother wakes up and plans to do you dirty, there's no defense against that.

I think all music - not just rap - has fallen into this very diluted, delusional state, where everyone's singing about money and having cars, and having all this fun; when really, people are losing their homes.