I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people.

I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.

No rapper in the world from Jay-Z to Tupac to Biggie has 100 percent love on everything they do.

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

I truly believe that I make my path and I set my course, and where I land, at the end of the day, or the end of my career, [is] because of me. Of course, you get help along the way, and cosigns and management and opportunities and things like that but overall, the ball is in your court basically.

I yearn for that livin' large, but mama I ain't done yet/Sit back and watch your son rise, kick back and know your son set

I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.