It's hard for a person to try to keep his stuff together being nominated for something and then performing onstage.

It's hard for a person to try to keep his stuff together being nominated for something and then performing onstage.

What I live and do is music. When I'm not doing that, I'm just kicking back, watching my stocks and bonds and checks coming in the mailbox. I really don't have anything else I do. I may go to a movie or something. It's just family time and things like that.

I'm still doing me. I try to come up with different concept for my shows, you gotta keep the people interested, but I'm still me.

Music changes. Nothing stays the same. You just gotta be able to roll with the punches. When the music changes, it's not that you gotta change too - it's that you gotta be able to maintain and hold your ground.

You gotta live life. You gotta enjoy life. I mean, I don't live on the edge.

I'm not a pop rapper. That's nothing against pop music - I love pop music. I've jumped on pop records for people and still will, but I'm not a pop artist. I didn't start from there. I started in underground music. I consider myself an underground artist, as well as a producer.