As far as my inspirations, I just like anyone who is making good music - period.

The only reason I started using samples was because people talked about me not sounding like Kanye or The Heatmakers.

I have no problem with thinking small. Sometimes you have to think small first in order to think big.

I want to sell tracks but at the same time I want to stay true to the music I like. This is why I love the underground scene because they can stay true to what they want to do.

I'm really just concentrating on making good music, whether it's using a sample or doing an original track.

I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them out, or crush the CDs and tapes - literally.

I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no samples or drum machines. Those people back in the day paved the way for people like me.