I'm not trying to keep up or adapt. I'm allowing myself to grow, evolve and create new music.

Lil Wayne is talented. He seems to be the dominant figure in this particular era of hip-hop. So you know, he's doing his thing.

If you don't judge my gold chains, I'll forget the iron chains.

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free.

If you do cardio one day and the next day you can do weights, do it that way. If you need to do it at night or in the morning, do it that way. Whatever you need to get it done, just get it done.

All I want to say to people, man, is, "Yo, you see me walking down the street and I got a little bop in my walk, don't think because I've got a bop in my walk I'm trying to be all that. The bop in my walk is because I'm just like you, man. I bop when I walk." Know what I'm saying? I'm proud. If you see me smiling, standing straight up, gold around my neck, it's not because I'm conceited. It's because I'm proud of what I achieved. I made this. I worked hard for this. That's all this is about.