I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.

You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.

I dated all these girls and ended up not liking them and thought to myself, 'What was it that all of them had in common?' They had too much time on their hands. Even though they were pretty, they lacked something. A woman could be less attractive but with ambition and drive, that's the most beautiful thing.

Jay-Z's my favorite rapper, but why can't I aspire to be better than him?

I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.

When you're just reading a note card but when you're just reading a note card and it doesn't even feel real, it's difficult at times. But I have no problem doing interviews. So I have absolutely no problem doing interviews.