I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

The first thing you must learn is to always treat a man and a woman with total respect and honor, 'cause if you do that, the legacy you will leave behind will be work.

I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work

Respect, my brother, nothing but respect, man.

It's important, when you see darkness, to understand that there's light ahead of that, and I'm the living testimony of that, you dig?

You might see a female, and she triggers something, or you see an old lady walking down the street, she triggers something. You go to Africa, you see the vibes, that triggers something.

What happens is we're all gonna return to dirt, so at the end of the day we're all equal.