I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

Anything's possible, you gotta dream like you never seen obstacles.

Don't let bridges you cross be bridges you burn.

My goal is to have that be a haven for families.

I was inspired by, when I was in college, seeing some incredible speakers come to my school: Michael Eric Dyson, Spike Lee, Nikki Giovanni, and other poets and writers. I always loved that experience: going and sitting in an auditorium and listening to their opinions.

College had a great deal to do with my development as a person. I don't know if I'd be the artist I was if it wasn't for goin' to school like that. School is a good place - it ain't for everybody, but I think it's for most people.

My fans love me for me, my beats, my rhymes.