George Bush doesn't care about black people... They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food... they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us.

I woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind/ A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns

I make music as good as possible, but I do reference cultural icons, because I want my music to be a time capsule of 2007.

I don't even listen to rap. My apartment is too nice to listen to rap in.

If you can focus the energy into something valuable, put that into work ethic.

Look, I can be married to the most beautiful woman in the world, and I am. I can have the most beautiful little daughter in the world, and I have that. But I’m nothing if I can’t be me. If I can’t be true to myself, they don’t mean anything.

People say I've got a bad reputation. I think I've got the best reputation in the building.