I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.

There's already been black presidents who've been corrupt, so it doesn't strike me that having a black man in office means he's going to be the Messiah.

Hip-hop is just something I actually know how to do. But I always had aspirations to participate in other forms of music.

America is not all white people. It's not all black people. It's not all Mexican people. We together, and we all relate on certain levels, so if you actually scaring people away, they can't relate to what you're saying.

Know the weapons of the weak, kill weakness of the heart and never fall asleep.

People are hypocritical. That's just human nature. I embrace my hypocrisy. Once you come to grips with who you are and what's in you, and you aren't ashamed of it...but people are made to feel ashamed. You start thinking, like, "Is this human nature? That I like certain things, but I don't like certain aspects of certain things? Should I just shun it altogether?"

I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.