Like I said, as long as I'm consistent and I try to put my best foot forward, and work as hard as I possibly can, everything else will fall into place - God'll take care of everything.

I think Def Jam happened to be one of the labels that really didn't have a good grip on things that were going on. I'll say that - that's my political answer.

I'm not in a competition with any other artist, anything that's goin' on - I'm strictly competing with myself.

It's one of my short-term goals, to be able to actually record music and release it simultaneously and not just hold on to it.

It's hard - it's difficult to tell when your buzz is at its peak.

Even at my lowest I was sittin on my high stool.

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.