My mom raised me to be clean, so it's in my nature. I have two little girls and I'm married but we've got a nanny and a maid.

I'm a random guy. I shake a hand and make a friend. I don't do egotistical things.

Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.

Show me who your friends are and I'll show you who you are. It works for me. Stay positive and good things happen.

More than half of all the hip hop record sales are white people, and I think that might be a result of my record helping people to accept hip hop.

You can't please everybody, and basically I just decided to please myself first on this record. This record is more like my diary and I am expressing myself through my music. And that's what it should be about. That's why I didn't change my name or anything. It's not about the name; it's about the music. The old saying goes that video killed the radio star and it's very true. And now I'm just letting everything revolve around the music. There is no image; I am just being myself.

For three years between 16 and 19 I was the opening-act-for-the-opening-act-for-the-opening-act, you know? And then I was on tour with Ice-T, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Sir Mix-a-Lot--legends--and went on to sell 160 million records. It still baffles me.