Ambition is priceless, its something that's in your veins.

Some interviewers aren't even interested. They're just doing it because they gotta do it. Life is nothing without passion. Whatever you're doing, at least be passionate about it because I'm passionate about what I'm doing. I'm passionate about the words I'm saying right now. Just be passionate. When the interviews is passionate, it's more conversational and we're not covering the same ground.

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

Charles is Charles. Wale is Wale. It's two separate entities that have nothing to do with each other and probably will never have anything to do with each other and I wish him the best.

I hope everybody thinks they've got the best album. I wouldn't have put mine out if I didn't think it was the best.

I just wanna affect the culture and wanna be able to support young people with goals that aren't just limited to rapping and producing.

I wanna meet the person who wrote the Burlington Coat Factory thing, but that's cool. I would love to understand it more, but everything is good.