Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music.

You don't have to stay in your lane when it comes to friendship or ideas.

What Autotune allows is for people like myself and Kanye West not to depend on the singer. Back in the Fifties, the songwriter was rendered invisible. Now the songwriter is there in the forefront.

The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to do.

I was in the projects dreaming about doing music and now I've done music. When I had nothing to when I had something I still have this driving force that's fueling me every day and that's making ideas reality.

I go out partying to figure out exactly who I'm making music for. You can't just guess.

I don't want to hope anymore. I don't think we should hope anymore. We hoped enough. Now we have to do. We all have to do now.