I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump.

You can be labelled but if it doesn't speak to people then it won't work. The social media and online has been really important. Fans are really smart too: they don't want to hear something manufactured or something that has too much marketing behind it.

Your life's short, don't ever question the length / It's cool to cry, don't ever question your strength.

If you model yourself after Lawrence Fishburne, you can never go wrong.

I always thought I'd look corny in the type of rap video in the club with girls and all that type of stuff. I just didn't think I could really pull that off. We always think it's more fun and better just to go outside the box and to use our videos to show cool concepts.

Sometimes it's hard to pick right from wrong. The best thing we can do is go with our heart and hope it all goes well.

The blogs have been great and everything, but I think, for me, it's better to have a central place on the Internet for all my fans to go and show their friends my YouTube, Twitter, and social networking sites. To have that spread all on its own and have a central station to get everything Mac Miller.