I still love old-school hip-hop, but there hasn't been a lot that I've taken from the new stuff.

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.

Playing a concert for 2 hours is pie. I would do that every minute of every day if I could. I love to perform. It's the 22 hours before the next show that kills you.

I didn't come from a trailer park. I grew up middle class and my dad had money and my mom made my lunch. I got a car when I was sixteen. I'm proud of that.

You know, I guess there's enough information out there to support that I'm a crazy, wild dude and rock and roll and this, that and the other. And there's enough information to support that, you know, I'm a single father, that, you know, has been a pretty standup guy in his community and pretty private about that stuff. But it's on both sides.

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

Chris Rock is a good friend of mine, and he is hysterical.