“I know I do swag rap also, but I also take it seriously. It’s like 50-50.”

I’m gonna keep Very Rare as a street brand. I wanna make a new clothing brand and group. It’s gonna be more… high fashion.

You have to be strong for people when you don’t wanna be strong. You have to be clean-showered, clean, clean-cut for people. You have to set an example.

I hate anything that seems like something that has been done.

Timbaland is my favorite producer.

I want to make people have fun again and show people that people can just rap and snap.

I don’t like being categorized as a rapper. I make music; I don’t just rap.

I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam’ron. Jim Jones. Hurricane Chris.

I don’t want to ever be categorized. I want to be able to hit every genre.

I want to make theme-setting music, music that sets a theme without being cliche.

Every time before I go on stage, I’m nervous.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He’s in the game, and he’s been in the game – he has longevity, even if he doesn’t write or writes his music.

If you see somebody dressing like me, you know they’re purposely trying to dress like me because I dress like nothing.

Music changed my life in so many ways.

At the time me and X met, we weren’t homeless, but we were basically homeless.

I’ve always wanted to make that change from a rapper into an artist.

Faucet Failure’ was my favorite because I just had fun with it, and it was just 10 minutes, and I didn’t overthink anything, and I wanted to just have fun with the song.

When I first started writing the album, “Cry Baby” was a song that I really wanted to write because it represented all of these personal insecurities that I had for a long time.

I just like music all the way around the board. I can’t stick to one thing – I’ve got to move around.

My ideas come when I least expect it, so I’ve always got to have a studio nearby or close by somewhere.

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody’d kicked open the door to your mind.

Once I heard how deep music could touch people and what it can make you feel and all of these emotions it could bring out, I was really fascinated with it all.

I just want to write fun, interesting music that pushes boundaries and is still true to myself. I want people to feel something.

I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it’s all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.

Music is the love of my life. It’s a total escape from reality. Music transports you to another place, someplace unexpected and meaningful.