There were a lot of songs that I still wanted to put on the album but it worked out. I can only fit 18 [tracks] on the album, I would put 30 if I could.

Music is all about leadership and there ain't really a lot of leaders.

It wasn't necessary to speak on the recession, you know what I mean, but I just though it made a lot of sense. I was like, "okay, cool," I'm going to go with this approach for the name of the album [ The Recession].

I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.

The craziest thing is that the song ["My President"] is real but you can still hear it in the club.

I ain't never been the type of person out at the movies and holding hands and riding around listening to R. Kelly.

I represent the Democratic party... I've never been nor do I ever plan to be a John McCain supporter. I support Barack Obama.