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 really realize how big I was 'til I started to tour, because being in your own neighborhood, people don't actually give you full props.

I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.

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.

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

If you're really a rapper, you can't stop rapping.

If I'm going to be a jazz player, I need to understand Miles Davis.