You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?

I think America just needs to get real when it comes to the way our kids speak and communicate. They need to understand what happens in rap.

I know I got angels watchin me from the other side.

I don't want to do rap that makes people feel bad.

"Dark Fantasy" was my long, backhanded apology. You know how people give a backhanded compliment? It was a backhanded apology. It was like, all these raps, all these sonic acrobatics. I was like: "Let me show you guys what I can do, and please accept me back. You want to have me on your shelves."

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.

This one Corbusier lamp was like, my greatest inspiration ... I'm a minimalist in a rapper's body.