Now people won't beat you up if you are gay; they might just talk behind your back.

The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.

My fans like to be romantic. I feel like I'm creating at least at the same level or even a higher level of creativity than I was at twenty-one. I've gotten better as an artist.

Consider me the entity within the industry without a history of spitting the epitome of stupidity.

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.

We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.

If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z.