No matter where life takes me, you'll find me with a smile. Presumed to be happy, always laughing like a child. I never thought life could be this sw….

One thing I know about Willie Hutch: my homie, [Big] Jerm, listens to nothing but Soul music, so he put me on to all this Soul music back in the day..

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music..

I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick….

If you model yourself after Lawrence Fishburne, you can never go wrong..

Enjoy the best things in your life cuz you ain’t gonna get to live it twice..

They say you waste time asleep, but I'm just trying to dream..

No matter where life takes me. Find me with a smile..

I think that with the Internet, it has given a lot of people the opportunity to get themselves out there to the masses. But it's easy to group everyo….

I was never just a 'fill in 16 bars on a beat' rapper. I was making real songs from the jump..

At first you're doing it for yourself, it's about what sounds good to you. It's about expressing yourself. Then you get comfortable as an artist and ….

They're gonna try to tell you no, shatter all your dreams. But you gotta get up and go and think of better things..

I'ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin', I'ma smile back..

Radio's a scary thing for me. It's dope to be on there..

Watching Dawson's creek 'til I fall asleep. It's harder than it seems..

I'm gonna make music, and I'm gonna capture every aspect of being a human being. That's really all I'm trying to do. I think that artists and pop cul….

You can be labelled but if it doesn't speak to people then it won't work. The social media and online has been really important. Fans are really smar….

When I was a kid, hip-hop had that effect on me, it was escape and it showed me a different way of life..

The blogs have been great and everything, but I think, for me, it's better to have a central place on the Internet for all my fans to go and show the….

I flood the Internet with what I think is quality content. That's why I did things like giving out a song every 100,000 Twitter followers because I a….

I don't really leave my house too much, 'cause I don't like... it's funny, I don't really like to be high and famous at the same time..