What I'm trying to do is break the genre from what is rap and what is music.

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.

The thing which America allows you to be is it's the country of opportunities.

For everybody who lost somebody out there and stuff, when you need therapy, music is the best way.

I'm not going away fast; I've been around for a while, and plan to be around for a while more.

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 lived in the projects and the ghetto, and turned the negative into a positive.