I don't pay attention to sales because it's not about that for me. It's about the music. Music is all I have.

It is illegal to steal my feelings and leave

Any artist that's as serious about making music as I am, I'm cool with that. But if you tellin' me, "Man, send me a verse and I'ma send you a verse." No. That's not collaborating. We don't know each other and I'm serous about this music.

If you associate yourself with peer pressure or complacency, you're destined for failure.

Out my window.. I see everything I dream about and wished I had

I've just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always expressed the importance of being able to write and being able to read.

I've always stood on my own two. I don't need a team. I don't do the entourage thing, 30 people. I don't do that. That's just not me.