We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio.

I take my spoken-word stuff extremely seriously because I feel like that's true writing, true lyricism.

It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song

To me, a forever love is a bond that can't be broken.

To be compared to Will Smith is probably one of the coolest things because that's who I came up admiring.

When you don't have those types of things, fashion and all that stuff, it helps you find yourself because you don't have those things to rely on.

Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino!