Off stage it's cool-out time. You can't funk and roll ALL the time.

Whether you're rich or poor, life's still cold-blooded.

I think rap definitely has its place in the art world. I think it is an art form. But, just like any art form, you can misuse it.

I get some letters from girls that if their mothers knew what they were writing me in these letters, they'd get their butts whipped.

You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.

I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.

I believe everything happens under God's plan anyway.