Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.

It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing.

Classical music requires an immense amount of concentration, and I don't know if I would've been that committed to that particular life.

All we sell is the Greatest feeling on Earth

I want to be as healthy as I can be so I can make it past 50; make it past 60 and make it past 70.

I really appreciate when people use their fame and their voice for more than just self-promotion, starting a dialogue about a topic or an issue much bigger than themselves.

The only mofos in my circle are people that I can learn from.