If you believe that I'm a cop killer, you believe David Bowie is an astronaut.

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

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.

Another thing about me 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.

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

I'd say people are victims of circumstances and they're limited to the opportunities that they see. Even though there might be more opportunities, you might not see them. You might just think, "I don't have any options." You usually go to the dark side, in that situation.

I think that a rap aficionado, the hardcore rap fan, will always go away from pop, in the same way a hardcore jazz fan will never think Kenny G is really a jazz artist. You gotta kind of know there's always going to be that purist who's going to be like if it ain't beats and rhymes, if there ain't a DJ, then that ain't Hip Hop.