I've never met anybody in this world like me.

We are who we are because of who we were

I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?

Anything less than the best is a felony.

It wasn't until '94 when I tried to commit suicide that I realized that it wasn't about the money.

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.

If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.