So few hip-hop artists have ever advanced. Their songs on their seventh, eighth albums sound exactly like the songs on their first album. More than an artist, I'm a real person-and real people grow. And I wanna just sing my growth.

When I was in fourth grade I was drawing Jordans when my mama couldn't afford them.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

You may be talented but you're not Kanye West.

It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.

I'm a blowfish. I'm not a shark, I'm a blowfish.

I use too much of my brain and need to let some of it rest.