Mostly every form of American music is dead. It's been dead. R&B isn't really good. You got a handful of great guys - Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher. You have a handful of great female artists. But for the most part the music world's changing and change is good. You have to make adjustments if you want to survive in that world. You start to thinking about creative moments - bliss. When everything was all good. You realize that in comparison to the way hip-hop started off, where we should be at right now is not there.

No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun.

Born alone, die alone, no crew to keep my crown or throne

I don't meditate. Silence is golden though.

I want to have fun. It's a beautiful life. You learn, you win, you lose, but you get up.

Whose world is this? The world is yours.

I used to carry a notebook to the studio. I don't do that no more 'cause I don't have the time to write anywhere but right there in the studio on the spot. So when you hear my stuff, know that I wrote it in the studio.