I am the number one human being in music. That means any person that's living or breathing is number two.

People need to understand that hip-hop that has gun talk is just for entertainment; similar to if you were watching a movie.

Us as a people, we can't do it on our own. We have to understand that we're not each other's enemy. We have to stop discriminating against each other due to class and due to race and due to location or financial position.

I'm like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.

I'm not a corny-ass booty freak! I'm the greatest musician of all-time.

That's very cool. Well, that's great. If I were to cater to Kanye, he would know that I'm catering to him. The fact that I make what I make - he gets it. He gets the quality and he respects it. And I think that's the key, why I work all the time is to do that. That's the fun.

People say to me 'you're successful, what are you crying about?'. I'm crying about the people. I'm crying about their daughters. Our daughters, as one family. What good is it. What good is anything that everyone can't have. Every ism. They think we're done with racism. What about elitism, what about separatism, what about classism? That's all.