I make a lot of money. I can take a pay cut. All my friends are taking pay cuts that are in the unions, that are - that are farming in Alabama or whatever it is. I can surely take a pay cut, too, not cutting down my show or - or the people that work for me, I can take a pay cut.

And now that Martina McBride knows of T.I., and T.I. knows of Martina McBride, that made me very happy, too. It's introducing worlds to different people and bringing them together with a song.

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wants to act like he has control and power.

These poor kids in Baghdad have no running water, no showers. They wipe with baby wipes. My heart goes out to them.

Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through.

If people had good albums, they'd be buying albums. But people are buying singles because they only have good songs.

I don't make music to prove all the critics wrong. I do it to prove all my fans right.