Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.

If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? 'Man, that's gay' gets dropped on the daily..

I don't control life, but I can control how i react to it.

I want to be someone who is respected and not just in terms of my music. I want to be respected in terms of the way that I treat people... Music is m….

I definitely use 'smiling while rapping' as a tool in the booth. I want to have fun while recording..

Hold your head up, there's a light in the sky I know your fed up but you must try to survive Each moment's precious, don't let life pass you by Ke….

Thrift shopping is really just an extension of me being that same kid and going into a place that's completely unconventional that has really endless….

I grew up in the spoken-word community. Before everybody had a home studio, or before we could get booked for shows, open mics were the only way to b….

I find that when I put my spiritual life first, the rest of my life is easy. When I put my career first, that's when I have problems..

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other….

And know that every struggle in life is there to teach you a lesson It's times like this that make you.

My partner has to have good sized bones..

Sampling is kind of prehistoric, given the technology and the textures you can create..

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music..

We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz..

We live on the cusp of death Thinking it won't be us.

You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us..

It's been so long since I've really truly felt what it's like to live life without substances to help. Massive struggle that's natural to one's healt….

I put myself in the place of the listener when editing my writing. The last thing that I want to do is be preached at and told who to be or what to t….

I don't write a great song every day. I don't write a great song every couple weeks. It comes in such random times..

Drug culture is extremely prevalent and probably most people know somebody whose life has been affected by drugs, if it's not their own or in their o….