I haven't accomplished nothing yet - I have a long way to go.

I've never really [written] something that was inspired.

No matter how far you go, if you can't go back to the essence, you're not sayin' nothin'. The essence for me is hip-hop. But the hip-hop community I came up in isn't a loyal community.

My accomplishment has helped millions of kids see that they can come from a poor family and go somewhere, make something out of themselves. Ive been doing it for seven years professionally.

My dad was in the hood, he was a minister, and he would always put churches in the ghetto.

When I lose touch with the audience and the reality of what life really is, I'll be Vanilla Ice or something.

It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful