It's up to us to choose whether we win or lose...and I choose to win.

The streets respect me because I kept it real with me. You gotta be real with yourself, and the streets recognize game.

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.