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

I have been to anger management twice. After the first session the lady was like, 'Baby, you don't seem that angry at all. You seem like a really nice guy.'

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

I'm in awe of people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard; they're great musicians and people. But I'm most starstruck by people in the small town where I live. Especially single dads, like me, who are working five times as hard to raise their kids.

I've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take.

As a musician, you want the music in as many hands as you can get it into. More importantly, I want people to get the music for the fairest price, and in the most convenient way. And that's really turned into iTunes when you're talking about selling albums.

Go where you're celebrated, not tolerated. I'm celebrated in Detroit.