It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

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

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before I even start with the songs. I write down different things that I want album to say, and then the songs come from the different words.

When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.