I really just like breaking down the barriers, whether it means doing an album with Linkin Park, an album with R. Kelly, or playing at the Brandenbur….

When you step outside of school and have to teach yourself about life, you develop a different relationship to information. I've never been a purely ….

It was a very intense and stressful situation. There was playing in the Johnny-pump (an opened fire hydrant) and the ice-cream man coming around and ….

I will not lose, for even in defeat/There's a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.

I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing them in a way that t….

The genius thing that we did was, we didn't give up..

There's the gift, there's the spirit, and there's the work-all three have to come together. If one of those things is off, it can stop you from becom….

For me, the challenge is just making great albums, because talent - and writing in general - is not tangible. There's no expiration date on it. At th….

When people say stuff like, "Oh, that's soft rock. I don't listen to that," I find that elitist. It's music-racist..

Be true to yourself- and keep things simple. People complicate things.

All these ways we classify things as R&B and hip-hop and rock... It's bullshit. It's all music. If you put yourself in that box, then you won't be ab….

I ain't lookin' at you dudes -I'm lookin' past you..

My thing is related to who I am as a person. The clothes are an extension of me. The music is an extension of me. All my businesses are part of the c….

Don't make decisions based on the fear..

The average rap life is two or three albums. You're lucky to get to your second album in rap!.

Don't ever go with the flow. Be the flow..

But this is one of the things that makes rap at its best so human. It doesn't force you to pretend to be only one thing or another, to be a saint or ….

Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other peo….

Everybody look at you strange, say you changed Like you work that hard to stay the same..

Leave a mark they can't erase, neither space nor time..

We create music to express ourselves and when the world relates, that's a beautiful thing. We're all trading off each other's culture, so no matter w….