As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I got serious about using my writing and rhyming skills. I did it everywhere I could.

You can't celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts.

Life is like a dice, so watch the ones you're rolling with.

The whole time we're traveling the world. You really mature. You're not just learning truth. The truth is changing you and maturing you.

Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never leave it. It's a style of dress; it's a way of thought. I always grew up in the culture, and it was part of who I was and I carried it into every world I was in.

When you go watch "The Lord Of The Rings," you don't just buy a bag of popcorn, and go sit in the movie theater to watch where covetous people in our hearts deceive us, and then walk out the theater. That's the message that may be in that movie.

You're trying to figure out who you are when you're younger. However, once you've found yourself, you run your race, and you run in your own lane.