Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

...I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, 'Oh, we're perfect and everything is great.' We have situations just like everyone else. We're not out in public trying to kill each other, but it's real. We love each other.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

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

I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.