Redemption means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong. So I think a lot of people get hooked on drugs and when they get over that addiction they go out and they try to talk to kids and they try to work in rehab centers.

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

Dealing with the old school rappers, you see a lot of humility. When you're new, nothing is wrong. Everything is tight. Because you're trying to hype the world into believing in you.

Anybody who has anybody in the armed forces, I don't care how well-trained they are, there's nothing safe about it.

The rock'n'roll lifestyle really is available to anybody that's got money. Honestly. Once you get money, if you interview a hundred people with money, they'll all sound like rock stars.

When you hit the wall, it's how fast you come back.

There is no such thing as a normal family so don't trip off it, just deal with it.