In the early 2000s, I was going through a lot. I didn't have my head screwed on right. Where I was at as a man, I was still growing up.

As an artist, it's so important to create music that puts a chill through your body or does something to make you feel good. I think my album has a little bit of everything in it and that's important to me.

I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.

The better you get, the more your legacy shines. I always just try to go hard. If you don't want do it for real, don't do it at all.

You gotta have a schedule, you gotta have a team that's passionate about seeing you do the things you say you wanna do. When it comes to delivering this, it takes a lot of work and I can't do that on my own.

I'm my own biggest marketing tool. I know the history of the business and I might as well capitalize on it.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.