I think I lot of young people feel like they have no purpose, so I try to enlighten them with my life and show them you can do whatever you put your ….

I don't have to be as big as Dre, Kanye or Pharrell. Nobody even has to know my face. As long as I'm getting placements and I'm making good music and….

When I first starting making beats, I didn't know samples were being used in any beats. I had no idea where producers were getting the real string so….

As far as my inspirations, I just like anyone who is making good music - period..

I just look up to anyone who made music back then because you really had to be a musician. There were no samples or drum machines. Those people back ….

I feel like my purpose on earth is to help other people and give good advice about some of the same things I have gone through..

You have the rap industry trying to stay above water by giving the people what they want, but then you have the people who are partaking in it and se….

Albums aren't even selling anymore and there's a reason for that. Record companies are just signing single and ring tone deals and it doesn't seem li….

It's a beautiful thing to build your own fan base and pay the bills knowing that you're staying true to your music at the end of the day. I look at l….

I think at the end of the day you can do both: make money and stay true to yourself. But a lot of young people look for that fame that some of these ….

I grew up listening to Commission, Kirk Franklin and Hezekiah Walker. If I was found listening to any rap, my pops would throw them out, or crush the….

The only reason I started using samples was because people talked about me not sounding like Kanye or The Heatmakers..

When I'm in the studio I just try to zone out and not think of whatever is in the industry, if it sounds too much like someone else, I have a tendenc….

I'm really just concentrating on making good music, whether it's using a sample or doing an original track..

I want to sell tracks but at the same time I want to stay true to the music I like. This is why I love the underground scene because they can stay tr….

I have always been the type of person to want to reach a goal no matter how far-fetched it was..

I like so many different genres of music that I guess it would be hard for me to pick one person who inspires me when so many people inspire me to ma….

My music should evoke a feeling; whether it's a feeling in your stomach, goosebumps, whatever. When you don't get a feeling then there's a problem..

I have no problem with thinking small. Sometimes you have to think small first in order to think big..

Half of the reason why people aren't able to succeed in life is because they hypnotize themselves into believing that they can't accomplish their goa….

God is my spiritual guide. Half the music I come up with I really don't know where it comes from..