I had success. I had a number one record. I had a number one album. I have to make this kind of record again or else I'm going to lose it all. That's how you end up making the same song over and over.

I would run into the corner store, the bodega, and just grab a paper bag or buy juice - anything just to get a paper bag. And I'd write the words on the paper bag and stuff these ideas in my pocket until I got back. Then I would transfer them into the notebook.

Shakespeare was a man who wrote poetry. I'm a man who writes poetry. Why not compare yourself to the best?

I'm hungry for knowledge. The whole thing is to learn every day, to get brighter and brighter.

Hip-hop is a perfect mix between poetry and boxing.

Be true to yourself- and keep things simple. People complicate things

I get my by any means on, whenever there's a drought get your umbrellas out because that's when I brainstorm.