My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.

Knowledge is provided but only to those who need to know

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.

I have trouble with letting go. That's my problem. Anybody that has extreme highs and extreme lows is bipolar to any psychologist and that's not necessarily the truth.

You have to be intimate with a person to know that person.

The Notebook ... that’s my favorite one. I’ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love.

Never break or fold, that's what it takes to be major.