You want attention, you want support, you want to be treated properly, and I don't wanna have to go anywhere and teach people how to treat me.

I tried to make the best music that I could possibly make, and then nothing was ever good enough.

I read every fan forum and every blog, and every message board, and every chat room. I read it all. There's nothing online that I'm not aware of.

If I'm trading bars with somebody, it certainly is not because I have a release coming. Joe Budden prides himself on the music and not the sales aspect.

Don't ask for a cig' - I'm so self-centered, I won't even share this cancer.

I would have had a clause in my contract; I would've definitely put some fine print in my contract that said, "If the president leaves, I'm leaving." That'd be the bottom line.

I was fortunate enough to have gone through the major label process and kind of have the inside scoop on some things, some information I wouldn't have normally had. To go from a major to an independent, I don't think it's an easy transition.